Irving Hancock, Li Shoon's Nine Lives — VIII. Danger's Haunting Look (1917)
“ Ten minutes later the trio ascended to the hurricane deck. In the darkness the Budzibu had vanished. It seemed good to be out in the open air once more. For a few moments that thought dominated over the realization that the tug had not been foully sunk. ”
Irving Hancock, Li Shoon's Nine Lives — VIII. Danger's Haunting Look (1917)
“ It doesn't appeal to me as my choice of deaths." "What is death?" mocked Carrick lightly. "Merely the end of the struggle—the wind-up of the fight. The only man who is afraid of death is the one who realizes that he hasn't played the best possible part in the fight." ”
Irving Hancock, Li Shoon's Nine Lives — VIII. Danger's Haunting Look (1917)
“ Carrick reversed. "He has never given it the slightest use since he was born." Presently the hull of the Pearl City was sighted. The two craft passed with hearty steam signals. At this moment Carrick was sweeping the coastward horizon for any sign of the lurking presence of the Budzibu, but that evil craft was not to be seen. "I hope the Budzibu will try to run us down when we are once safe on the Vulcan," Carrick confided to his friend. ”
