. 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 . Ill A LOW LAND IN THE EAST. CHAPTER XMATTERSON AND who, I wondered, as I turned from watchingGideon North go out of sight between the buildings thatlined the harbor side, who will now command the Ad-venture? You would have expected the captains departure tomake a great stir in a vessel; yet scarcely a person forwardknew what was going on, and aft only Seth Upham andWillie MacDougald, besides myself, were seeing him
. 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 . Ill A LOW LAND IN THE EAST. CHAPTER XMATTERSON AND who, I wondered, as I turned from watchingGideon North go out of sight between the buildings thatlined the harbor side, who will now command the Ad-venture? You would have expected the captains departure tomake a great stir in a vessel; yet scarcely a person forwardknew what was going on, and aft only Seth Upham andWillie MacDougald, besides myself, were seeing him Seth still stood in the companionway with thatblank, dazed expression; but Willie MacDougald scratchedhis head and looked now at me and now at Uncle Seth, asif whatever had happened below had frightened him might-ily. The picture of their bewilderment vras so funny thatI could have burst out laughing; and yet, so obviouslywas there much behind it which did not appear on the sur-face, that I was really more apprehensive than amused. When Uncle Seth suddenly turned and disappeareddown the companionway, and when Willie MacDougaldwith an inquisitive glance at me darted over to the com-panion-hat
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