. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . f Long Island; while away to the east lay the lim-itless ocean, its waves dancing in the sunlight, and growing more andmore faint in their outlines, till lost in the curving rim that marked theconnection between the waters and the blue dome above. A dark object on the beach, where some children were playing, caughtthe attention of one of the boys. He pointed toward it, and asked theDoctor what it was. A wreck, was the answer, and if you look farther along the beachyou will see another. This part of the coast is dangerous, and many anoble
. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . f Long Island; while away to the east lay the lim-itless ocean, its waves dancing in the sunlight, and growing more andmore faint in their outlines, till lost in the curving rim that marked theconnection between the waters and the blue dome above. A dark object on the beach, where some children were playing, caughtthe attention of one of the boys. He pointed toward it, and asked theDoctor what it was. A wreck, was the answer, and if you look farther along the beachyou will see another. This part of the coast is dangerous, and many anoble ship has found her grave in these sands; and not only the ship, butoften her crew and whatever passengers she may have on board are swal-lowed by the waves, and not a soul escapes. Hardly a year passes with-out a wreck on this sandy beach, and there are several cases recorded inthe local history of the coast where not a single person escaped to tell thestory. You remember that tall flag-staff in front of the Olympic Club-house ? 156 THE YOUNG
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