Identifier: seashorebookbobb00smit (find matches)
Title: The seashore book : Bob and Betty's summer with Captain Hawes
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd), 1860-1943
Subjects: Sailing Seashore
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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excited. And the life-boat with its hardy crew put off to the rescue of the sailors,who could be seen clinging to the rigging, waiting for help. They were all saved,but the vessel was lost, and dashed high up against the rocks. A few days later, when the storm had passed and the sea became calm again,Captain Hawes rowed the children out to the rocky point to see the wreck. Herethe stranded schooner lay firmly wedged among the rocks. Her masts were gone,her back was broken, and her bow splintered in pieces, rigging and tatters ofsails hung about in confusion. And the good craft, which such a short time be-fore had been sailing so proudly, was now but a worthless hulk. Such was often the end of a good many stout vessels, the Captain told thechildren; this was the chance of the sea. And then, once started, he told themlong and thrilling tales of his different voyages and adventures, and the wreckshe had known, and been in.

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