The White Squall: A Story of the Sargasso Sea

The White Squall: A Story of the Sargasso Sea

Then you must go up the hill at once and see whether the mail steamer has been signalled or not. She ought to have been in sight by now; for, shes been expected since early this morning, and were all anxious about the news from England. Look alive then, Jake, and lose no more time in starting. Let me just see how quickly you can get up to the Battery and back again; and mind, Jake, if the packet should be in, you can saddle my pony when you return for me to ride into town. Berry well, Mass Tom. Ise spec, railly for true, um go dere in brace of shakes, an back gain hyar fore dat lazy ole niggah Pomp fetch him cutlash out o stable an go in bush to cut him guinea-grass for de hosses. Golly, dat so, Mass Tomsee if um dont for suah, yah, yah! Jake broke off into a huge guffaw, as he shouted out these hurried words in high glee, laughing with all that hearty abandon which was such a strong characteristic of his genuine African nature. Such was the intensity of his merriment, indeed, that he opened his wide red-lipped mouth almost from ear to ear, disclosing a brilliant set of shining teeth, whose ivory whiteness contrasted conspicuously with the jetty blackness of his sable skin. The willing fellow then went off on his mission at a slinging jog-trot, evidently determined to make his promise good of outstripping his more lethargic rival Pompey, whom he was absurdly jealous of and ever eager to surpass in every way he could. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 21088
Author: Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)
Release Date: Apr 15, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Schönberg, John