. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. )assed since they ha<l seen land. Fivelong, dreaiN, dreadful weeks lille<l with tcriible fears. ButColumbus never gave up. Day and night he had watched CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. 37 LESSON.—On the evening of October 11, Columbus sa^w a light, vyhichhe believed to be a torch carried along the shore. and waited for a sight of the land he believed to be Just be-fore him. On the evening of Oetol)ei 11, he stood alone on the highdeck of the Sanf<( Maria, peering ont into the daikness for some. The Ships of Columbus. sisn o
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. )assed since they ha<l seen land. Fivelong, dreaiN, dreadful weeks lille<l with tcriible fears. ButColumbus never gave up. Day and night he had watched CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. 37 LESSON.—On the evening of October 11, Columbus sa^w a light, vyhichhe believed to be a torch carried along the shore. and waited for a sight of the land he believed to be Just be-fore him. On the evening of Oetol)ei 11, he stood alone on the highdeck of the Sanf<( Maria, peering ont into the daikness for some. The Ships of Columbus. sisn of the land that he must find to be saved from the diso;raceof failing in his search. Suddenly a light iiashed through thegloom. Was it a star ? No; it moved, it danced up anddown, it darted swiftly here and there. It must be a torchcarried alons; the shore. Quickly the news spread from ship to ship, and, in thedarkness, the sailors \vaited, ^vatching and hoping that themorning would end their fears. When the first faint gleam gg HAZENS ELEMENTARY HISTORY. LESSON.—On the morning of October 12, the sailors saw the laud, andthe copper-colored natives ■whom Columbus called Indians. He tookpossession of the country in the name of Spain. of liglit came in the east, the sailors on the Pinta saw theland, and the boom of its small cannon told the news to theseamen of the other ships. Soon the early morning drove the shades of night away,and there, in the glow of dawn, Europe saw for the first timethe New World. As the lovely island threw off the darkmantle of n
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