StNicholas [serial] . THE LIEUTENANTS HORSEBACK RIDE 339 He knew, when on the horses back, the spur would make him go,But how to stop him was the thing our hero did not all at once a happy thought came to this sea-dogs mind,And going out on board the Flame an anchor he did find,A small boats anchor of the kind that s known at sea as kedge—Three flukes, equipped with hoop and ring and sharpened on the edge. Safe-landed on the shore, he soon off to a stable hiedAnd hired a horse that any man might well be proud to mounted on its back, around its neck he tied The book, he
StNicholas [serial] . THE LIEUTENANTS HORSEBACK RIDE 339 He knew, when on the horses back, the spur would make him go,But how to stop him was the thing our hero did not all at once a happy thought came to this sea-dogs mind,And going out on board the Flame an anchor he did find,A small boats anchor of the kind that s known at sea as kedge—Three flukes, equipped with hoop and ring and sharpened on the edge. Safe-landed on the shore, he soon off to a stable hiedAnd hired a horse that any man might well be proud to mounted on its back, around its neck he tied The book, he sadly missed when he began thathorseback The rope, and let the anchor hang, hooked up on his port as the beast began to trot, the kedge began to hit;The puzzled creature turned his head and had a look at it. The thing he saw quite startled him; he jumped, put down his headAnd, with the bit between his teeth, as flies the arrow, Gadzooks Peters-Brown hung on with might and main,Then, searching for his Order Book (alas! he looked in vain)Within the pocket of his coat, he d left that helpful. guide
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