For the Freedom of the Seas (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Boston to Havre, but once rid of her cargo of lubricating oil for the armies in France, she had been forced to swing at anchor for two weeks. At last, despairing Of a fair wind, Captain Troy had had the schooner towed across to F almouth, England. Another wait had followed, a delay especially regrettable when ships were scarce and freight rates high. But at last a brisk breeze had started the Jonas Clinton on her homeward voy age only to peter out at the end of the second day, leaving the skipper, who, as half owner in the ship, was deeply concerned in her fortunes, decidedly glum. The skipper's frame Of mind was reflected by everyone else aboard, from Mr. Cupples, the mate, down to the latest addition to the crew Of eight, the tall, raw-boned Nova sco tian lad who, whatever his real name might be, was known as Bean Pole though the gloom extended in a lesser degree to two inhabitants of the four hundred ton craft, Nelson Troy and Pickles.

These two were at the moment seated side by side on the forward hatch, as though awaiting this introduction. Nelson, Captain Troy's son, was seventeen, a well-built, nice-looking lad who was making his second voyage in his father's ship.

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