A sailor's life under four sovereigns . stowed in the upper shelf of a large in the humour, the master chucked them tous from a ladder singly, giving lessons in catching. From Portugal we had two schgolfellows, FranciscoNunes Sweezer Vizeu and Alvaro Lopes were kind to me, the smallest boy, and I havenever forgotten them. While there, a young man named Long, who was training for Holy Orders, came occasionally to read with Mr. Wood. He gave me a brass gun mounted - on wheels, and a promise of sixpence if I would fire it off during school-time. At my end of the table I
A sailor's life under four sovereigns . stowed in the upper shelf of a large in the humour, the master chucked them tous from a ladder singly, giving lessons in catching. From Portugal we had two schgolfellows, FranciscoNunes Sweezer Vizeu and Alvaro Lopes were kind to me, the smallest boy, and I havenever forgotten them. While there, a young man named Long, who was training for Holy Orders, came occasionally to read with Mr. Wood. He gave me a brass gun mounted - on wheels, and a promise of sixpence if I would fire it off during school-time. At my end of the table I arranged, with books, a screened battery, with therear open ; and then, underpretence of drying my slateat the fire, heated a wire,which was applied accordingto instructions. The ex-plosion was loud ; booksflew in all directions; thegun bounded over my headand lost itself behind a rowof books, where it remaineduntil next half. The master tore open hiswaistcoat to ascertain wherehe was shot, and then seizedhis cane ; for some minutes I.
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