The Cruise of the Shining LightHarper & bros., 1907 - 343 pages You can practically smell the salt air and feel a sharp sea breeze emanating from the pages of this charming nautical novel from Canadian writer Norman Duncan. It follows the life of young Dannie Callaway, an orphan who grows up under the tutelage of his sailor uncle, Nicholas Top. |
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Page 58 - Let my sins be all forgiven ! Bless the friends I love so well ! Take me, when I die, to heaven, Happy there with thee to dwell ! VI.
Page 26 - For behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his auger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire, and by his sword, will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.
Page 251 - low I'm goin' t' tell you so, for I wants t' name her good p'ints so well as her bad. Whatever — " ' Cook,' says I, ' I'll go along o' you.' "With that the cook fell to on the dishes, an' 'twasn't long afore he was ready to clean hisself; which done, he was ready for the courtin'. But first he got out his dunny-bag, an' he fished in there 'til he pulled out a blue stockin', tied in a hard knot; an' from the toe o' that there blue stockin
Page 246 - I shipped along o' you in this here ol' flour-sieve of a Quick as Wink.' '"This here what ?' snaps the skipper. '"This here ol' basket,' says the cook. "'Basket!' says the skipper. Then he hummed a bit o' ' Fishin' for the Maid I Loves,' 'ithout thinkin
Page 250 - Liz was so far t' 1'eward o' beauty that many a time, lyin' sick there in the fo'c's'le o' the Love the Wind, I wished the poor girl would turn inside out, for, thinks I, the pattern might be a sight better on the other side. I will say she was big and well-muscled; an' muscles, t' my mind, counts enough t' make up for black eyes, but not for cross-eyes, much less for fuzzy whiskers. It ain't in my heart t...
Page 249 - ' Nar a one,' says the cook. "' I'm s'prised,' says the skipper. "'Nar a maid t' Thunder Arm,' says the cook, ' will wed a fool, an' I 'low they isn't one,' says he, ' on the Labrador.' "' It's been done afore, cook,' says the skipper, ' an' I 'low 'twill be done agin, if the world don't come to an end t' oncet. Cook,' says he, ' I knows the maid t
Page 257 - "No,' says I; 'but you'll be changin' your name,' says I, 'an' it won't matter no more.' '"An' if I can't say Joneth,' says she, 'I can't thay — ' '"Can't say what?' says I. '"Can't thay Thooth!' says she. "Lord! No more she could. An' t' say Moses Shoos! An' t' say M'issus Moses Shoos! Lord! It give me a pain in the tongue, t' think of it. '"Jutht my luck,' says she; 'but I'll do my betht.
Page 257 - ... do anything but look at the moon. "' Skipper,' said the cook, when we got in the fo'c's'le, 'here she is. I isn't afeared,' says he, 'and she isn't afeared; an' now I 'low we'll have you marry us.
Page 247 - I'm sorry for you an' the crew,' says he, ' an' I wisht I hadn't took the berth. But when I shipped along o' you,' says he, 'I 'lowed I could cook. I knows I isn't able for it now,' says he, ' for you says so, skipper ; but I'm doin' my best, an' I 'low if the water gets searched,' says he, 'the galley fire's bewitched.