John Conroy Hutcheson

Name: The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Five.
Author: John Conroy Hutcheson

The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Five… (1901)

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“The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Five.”, published in 1901, is a work by John Conroy Hutcheson. It explores elements such as Ivan, Elsie and skylight.

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Five… (1901)

“ This account of the poor animal’s heroic end, however, did not comfort little Elsie, who gave a startled glance at her father’s face; where, seeing something there that made her comprehend her loss, she buried her golden head on his breast, sobbing as though her heart would break.
“Poor, poor, dear Ivan; he never left me once, never, my father, since you—you went out of the cabin that last night and told him to watch me!” she exclaimed presently, in halting accents between her convulsive sobs, neither the colonel or myself dry-eyed as we listened to her tale, you may be sure. ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Five… (1901)

“ Nor would there be any more, for his ringing bark was hushed, his body and tail alike stiff and cold, while his noble heart which only throbbed with affection for those whom he loved when living, had stopped beating for aye.
“My dear child, poor Ivan is dead!” said Colonel Vereker tenderly after a short pause, drawing the young girl up to him so that she might not see the gruesome sight on the deck below. “The brave dog sacrificed his life for mine, and but for his help, little one, I should not now be by your side.” ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Five… (1901)

“ This barricade had, however, been now partly removed, probably to allow of little Elsie’s exit, and, quickly pitching the remaining obstacles aside, the three of us managed to squeeze ourselves inside the cabin, which was in such a state of confusion, with the long table overturned to serve as a breastwork for the gallant defenders and the settees and lockers turned away from the deck, as well as the glass of the skylight all smashed, that it looked like a veritable “Hurrah’s vest” as we sailors say. ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Five… (1901)

“ They then piled up heaps and heaps of things against the door at the foot of the stairs where the sailors remained; then the Englishman stood on the table, under the skylight, to keep the negroes from getting through there. It was the Englishman who fired at them through the glass, for he was the only one who had a pistol, and he made a hole and then through that we heard all the shrieks and the noise of the pistols; and your voice, my father, Ivan heard, and then he jumped up through the hole, making a much bigger one, and ran to your rescue, my dear, dear father. ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Five… (1901)

“ Elsie now lifted her head, looked up and turned towards the skipper.
“They are all wounded,” said she, clasping her hands together and with a look of fright on her face. “Two of the men—the French sailors, I mean—and the English gentleman.”
“That’s the little Britisher I told you about, who was so plucky,” explained the colonel—“Mr Johnson.”
“Well, my father,” continued the young girl, “these three rushed down the stairs into the cabin, shortly before the steamer thumped against the side of our ship, when I thought we were all going down to the bottom of the sea.” ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Five… (1901)

“ The English gentleman spoke to me and said that the terrible negroes had conquered them all on deck, but that he and the two Frenchmen had escaped from them in time, and were going to barricade the doorway leading down from above to prevent the black men from coming below and murdering us all. ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Five… (1901)

“ With this he made for the companion-way and descended the “stairs,” as Elsie, ignorant of nautical nomenclature, called the ladder, the skipper following close behind him.
On getting to the bottom we found the panels of the door smashed in, though of hard oak, strengthened with cross battens of the same stout wood, which showed to what fierce assault it had been subjected, the furniture piled up against it from within having duly prevented the negroes from finally forcing an entrance, as well, no doubt, as our appearance on the scene. ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Five… (1901)

“ You’ll find all my papers in my pocket and a letter with the address, and if any of you chances to be going back to England as I were, worse luck, you’d be doing a favour by seein’ her and letting her know why I didn’t turn up home this Christmas as I promised her. I know you will. ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Five… (1901)

“ Some ultra-sanctimonious persons may feel inclined to cavil with this association on Elsie’s part of “immortal beings,” as they would style her parents, and the recollection she cherishes of a “dead brute,” because, forsooth, they hold that her four-footed favourite had no soul ”

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