Ralph Henry Barbour

Name: For the Freedom of the Seas — Chapter 3
Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

For the Freedom of the Seas — Chapter 3 (1918)

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“For the Freedom of the Seas — Chapter 3”, published in 1918, is a work by Ralph Henry Barbour. It explores elements such as Wanderer, Nelson and beach.

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Ralph Henry Barbour, For the Freedom of the Seas — Chapter 3 (1918)

“ Before them there lay the wind-rippled surface of the island, flat and unbroken save for the patch of trees, and beyond, the sea again. Nelson thought he could discern what looked like land where the horizon lay, but could not be certain. What he was certain of was a tiny dark speck that bobbed about some two miles away to the north and could be nothing else than a boat. Mr. Stowell gave a grunt and pulled his glasses from their case and leveled them. After a long moment he returned them, faced the Wanderer, circling slowly about off the beach, and waved an arm semaphore fashion. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, For the Freedom of the Seas — Chapter 3 (1918)

“ Ensign Stowell was in the stern sheets and Jones brooded over the engine. They beached near the little forest of twisted trees, leaped into the shallow surf and carried the anchor ashore.
"Draw your bean-shooters," directed the officer, "but keep the safety on. Come ahead, keep down pretty well and don't talk."
It was the matter of eighty or a hundred yards to where the straggling trees began. They climbed quietly up the sloping beach, the ensign leading, and paused where the high tides of winter had left a ridge of sand, loosely clad with grass and wild pea. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, For the Freedom of the Seas — Chapter 3 (1918)

“ Why don't you telegraph your folks to come half-way and meet you?"
Their dreams of the gayety of New York were doomed, however, to a sad awakening. When the morning watch went on at four the Wanderer was swinging at anchor in a choppy sea with nothing in sight in the gray darkness but a stretch of ghostly breakers a half-mile to the west. As the light grew a beach became visible beyond the surf and, finally, a low island stretched before them. Nelson, coming on deck at eight, viewed it curiously. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, For the Freedom of the Seas — Chapter 3 (1918)

“ We didn't drop anchor until about four bells, and we were doing fourteen most of the time. There's some sand banks like that—" he nodded at the desolate expanse before them—"south of the Vineyard, I've heard. They get down on the charts as reefs and then the sea kicks a lot of sand over them and they're islands. And maybe ten years after that they're just rocks again. A couple of good gales tears them all to pieces. This one looks as if it had been here quite a spell, though." Cochran broke the wrapper of a package of chewing gum, proffered it to Nelson and stowed a piece between his teeth. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, For the Freedom of the Seas — Chapter 3 (1918)

“ The Wanderer replenished fuel tanks and stole out again shortly after dusk, just as the lights were appearing along shore. A group of Jackies on the after deck of the Hollis cheered and shouted raillery as the little patrol sped past so close one could have counted the chevrons of their rating badges. Billy Masters, apprentice seaman, stopped by the forecastle break, where Nelson was on lookout duty, and jerked his head in the direction of the receding torpedo boat.
"I suppose those fellows think a lot of themselves because they're on a regular boat, eh? ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, For the Freedom of the Seas — Chapter 3 (1918)

“ Lanky Staples grunted. "You can have all the pie you want," he said. "Me for a real feed on Broadway. I know the place, too. A stack of wheats as high as that——" He held his hands some fourteen inches apart—"and about a pint of maple syrup, and two or three cups of real coffee, not the stuff Spuds gives us——"
"Yeah, I know the place, too," interrupted the cook sarcastically. "You get a couple of flies in the syrup an' they don't charge you a cent for 'em! You wouldn't know good coffee from a cup of bilge water, you long-legged giraffe!" ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, For the Freedom of the Seas — Chapter 3 (1918)

“ Action followed closely after the captain had cast his eye over the message and handed it to the ensign. Up came the anchor and the Wanderer crept slowly along the shore, the ensign himself at the wheel, and Quartermaster's Mate Jones keeping an anxious watch at the how. When nearly opposite the easternmost end of the island, which curved slightly to the south, the small boat was ordered lowered and Mr. Stowell, yielding the wheel, gave his orders.
"Jones, pick four men for a landing party. Arm with automatics." ”

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