. The great quest; a romance of 1826, wherein are recorded the experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea . aft. Gleazenand Matterson clapped hands on shoulders and roaredtheir delight and cried that now,— they wTere vile-mouthed,profane men,— that now neither God nor devil shouldthwart them further. Through the ship the word went from lip to lip thatyonder lay the coast of Guinea. LAND HO! 147 It had become natural to us in the cabin to align our-selves on one side or the other. Gleazen and Mattersonstood shoulder to shoulder
. The great quest; a romance of 1826, wherein are recorded the experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea . aft. Gleazenand Matterson clapped hands on shoulders and roaredtheir delight and cried that now,— they wTere vile-mouthed,profane men,— that now neither God nor devil shouldthwart them further. Through the ship the word went from lip to lip thatyonder lay the coast of Guinea. LAND HO! 147 It had become natural to us in the cabin to align our-selves on one side or the other. Gleazen and Mattersonstood shoulder to shoulder, and Gideon North and ArnoldLamont and I gathered a little farther aft. We acted un-consciously, for all of us were intent on the land that wehad raised; and my poor uncle, apparently assumingneither friend nor enemy, leaned against the cabin allalone. His face was averted and I could catch only aglimpse of his profile; but I was convinced that I saw hislip tremble. Yonder, in truth, lay the coast of Guinea, and there atlast every one of us was to learn the secret of that mad ex-pedition which had so long since set forth from the littleNew England town of IVTHREE DESPERATE MEN
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