J. Olivier Curwood

Name: The Copper-Ship
Author: J. Olivier Curwood

The Copper-Ship (1906)

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“The Copper-Ship”, published in 1906, is a work by J. Olivier Curwood. It explores elements such as Jimmy, girl and cabin.

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J. Olivier Curwood, The Copper-Ship (1906)

“ For a time there is a rolling, muffled roar, punctuated by explosions which become louder as the fire grows hotter. Then the end comes like a powder-flash, and instead of a smoldering hulk a thing hidden in flames rolls upon the sea. It was not the first time that Captain Jimmy had heard that sound under his feet, and he knew that the end was not far away. He measured the throbbing of the deck and could tell that the fire had passed the midship hatches and was burning forward like a furnace. Unperceived by the girl, he drew the towel down from his eyes. ”

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J. Olivier Curwood, The Copper-Ship (1906)

“ UP out of the pearl-gray mist of the morning came the copper-ship. In her hold was a treasure in red metal from the Michigan mines. Near her wheel lay a dead man. Amidships a group of sailors, armed with knives and pistols, stood half-faltering, facing the captain's cabin. In that cabin kneeled Jimmy Bosworth, and beside him, her face white with fear, was the girl for whom he was risking his life. ”

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J. Olivier Curwood, The Copper-Ship (1906)

“ But the girl could see. Away aft, the cook's cabin, and everything behind it, was a mass of flames. Out of the midship hatch poured a cloud of smoke, and now and then a column of fire shot out with it. Even as the two stood there, hand in hand, there came a jarring explosion under their feet.
"Milly, I must see—I must see!" cried the captain. He tried to pull the towel from his eyes, but the ship-owner's daughter stopped him.
"You mustn't take it off, Jim," she pleaded. "It will blind you if you do. And there's nothing that you can do. The boats are gone. ”

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J. Olivier Curwood, The Copper-Ship (1906)

“ A sudden sound outside brought the wounded man to his senses. Men were approaching. Captain Jimmy could hear their feet and the voice of one of them talking. They came in a clumsy, stumbling way, as though bearing a heavy object, and though the man with the revolver could hardly grasp the true situation, the girl beside him did. ”

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J. Olivier Curwood, The Copper-Ship (1906)

“ The two made their way slowly to the cabin door, the girl straining to hold up half of the man's weight. Jimmy reached out and drew back the bolt. As the door opened a breath of hot air struck him in the face and his nostrils were filled with smoke. For a moment he stood there and listened. There was no sound of the sea lapping the ship's sides. There was no singing of the wind in the spars overhead. All was lost in a sullen rumbling that seemed to freeze Captain Jimmy's blood.
"She's burning deep down," he said. "The fire ain't more'n amidships in the hold. ”

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J. Olivier Curwood, The Copper-Ship (1906)

“ The free end of the third rope he fastened to the rail of the ship. When this was done he lowered the table over the side, the girl helping bravely.
"You must climb down the rope, Milly," he said. "We're all tied together. We can't lose——"
Another section of the deck crashed in behind them. With it there came another sound—a sound which Captain Jimmy had been straining his ears to catch since he had come to consciousness in the cabin. It was the rush of in-pouring water. Captain Jimmy knew well that the last moments of the ship had arrived. ”

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J. Olivier Curwood, The Copper-Ship (1906)

“ The longest-living author of this work died in 1927, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 95 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works. ”

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