[Gutenberg 2225] • Captains Courageous · A Story of the Grand Banks 2
- Authors
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Publisher
- BookRix
- Tags
- fishing boats -- fiction , bildungsromans , adventure , young adult , fishers -- fiction , classics , sea stories , saltwater fishing -- fiction , teenage boys -- fiction , rescues -- fiction , children of the rich -- fiction , grand banks of newfoundland -- fiction
- Date
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.94 MB
- Lang
- en
The weather door of the smoking-room had been left open to the North Atlantic fog, as the big liner rolled and lifted, whistling to warn the fishing-fleet.
"That Cheyne boy's the biggest nuisance aboard," said a man in a frieze overcoat, shutting the door with a bang. "He isn't wanted here. He's too fresh."
A white-haired German reached for a sandwich, and grunted between bites: "I know der breed. Ameriga is full of dot kind. I dell you you should imbort ropes' ends free under your dariff.