Roger the Bold: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico

Roger the Bold: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico

"Hi! Hi! Hi! Your attention, if it please you. Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms. But little is asked of you, and that can be done in the space of a minute or more. 'Tis but to decipher a letter attached to this plaque. 'Tis written in some foreign tonguein Spanish, I should venture. A silver groat is offered to the one who will translate." The speaker, a short, large-nosed man of middle age, had taken his stand upon an upturned barrel, for otherwise he would have been hidden amongst the people who thronged that part of the city of London, and would have found it impossible to attract their attention. But as it was, his head and shoulders reared themselves above the crowd, and he stood there the observed of all observers. He was dressed in a manner which suggested a calling partly attached to the sea and partly to do with the profession of arms, and if there had been any doubt in the minds of those who watched him, and listened to his harangue, his language, which was plentifully mingled with coarse nautical expressions of that day, and his weather-beaten and rugged features, would have assured them at once that he at least looked to ships and to the sea for his living. Peter Tamworth was indeed a sailor, every inch of him, but he had been schooled to other things, and had learned to use arms at times and in places where failure to protect himself would have led to dire consequences. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 41757
Author: Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
Release Date: Jan 2, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Wood, Stanley L., 1866-1928