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Page 53
... decks , where curious passengers and members of the crew were gathered about , he greeted him as if he were a revenue officer . " I understand that you have goods abroad which are not on the manifest , " said the smuggler , so that all ...
... decks , where curious passengers and members of the crew were gathered about , he greeted him as if he were a revenue officer . " I understand that you have goods abroad which are not on the manifest , " said the smuggler , so that all ...
Page 57
... it in to ferret out the smuggler . There was no difficulty in finding her . She was anchored safely between two of the islands , her sails furled , her crew idling on deck , and no slightest objection was SMUGGLERS OF OUR COAST 57.
... it in to ferret out the smuggler . There was no difficulty in finding her . She was anchored safely between two of the islands , her sails furled , her crew idling on deck , and no slightest objection was SMUGGLERS OF OUR COAST 57.
Page 58
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill. crew idling on deck , and no slightest objection was made when the revenue officers boarded her . But not a single item of contraband was on board . She was , to all intents and purposes , an honest coasting sloop ...
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill. crew idling on deck , and no slightest objection was made when the revenue officers boarded her . But not a single item of contraband was on board . She was , to all intents and purposes , an honest coasting sloop ...
Page 133
... decks , when she struck . With a sickening crash , the jagged rocks tore through her hull ; her remaining mast was flung like a javelin over the bows , and then , on a following sea , she was lifted , hurled forward and left , crushed ...
... decks , when she struck . With a sickening crash , the jagged rocks tore through her hull ; her remaining mast was flung like a javelin over the bows , and then , on a following sea , she was lifted , hurled forward and left , crushed ...
Page 138
... decks instead of their shipmates , and realizing it was hopeless to resist or attempt to escape , the crew surrendered . The lugger , a vessel of fifteen tons burden proved a valuable prize , for in her hold were eighty - five bales of ...
... decks instead of their shipmates , and realizing it was hopeless to resist or attempt to escape , the crew surrendered . The lugger , a vessel of fifteen tons burden proved a valuable prize , for in her hold were eighty - five bales of ...
Common terms and phrases
American ashore Baratarians Barhona boat brandy Brazil brigantine British captain captured cargo carried casks chance channel chase cigars coast guard confiscated contraband contrabandistas craft crew customs officers DANIEL CHATER daring deck declared despite diamonds dollars drugs dutiable duties England fact famous fellow fleet force Francis Bourgeois French gang gems glers gling Goudhurst hands Hawkhurst gang horse hundred islands Jabez Lafitte land lawless liquor smugglers Long Island Sound lugger matter ment Montmorillon mountain mystery never Owlers passed passengers picturesque pirate pistol ports possess pounds prison profits Pyrenees realize result revenue cutter revenue officers rum runners rum-runners safe sail schooner secret seized ship shore skipper slave smugglers sloop sloop-of-war smug smuggling Spanish stealing wool stones story suspicion tain thousand tion traband trade vessels watched West Indies whalemen whaling wool
Popular passages
Page 71 - ... restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board; couchant or levant we must pay.
Page 82 - If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet, Don't go drawing back the blind, or looking in the street. Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie. Watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by!
Page 71 - His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he...
Page 71 - Taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride.
Page 31 - ... wood, of the growth, production, or manufacture of any English plantations in America, Asia, or Africa, shall be shipped, carried, conveyed, or transported from any of the said English plantations, to any land, island, territory, dominion, port, or place whatsoever, other than to such other English plantations as do belong to his Majesty...
Page 71 - Taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth ; on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home. Taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man. Taxes on the sauce which pampers...
Page 31 - ... any land, island, territory, dominion, port, or place whatsoever, other than to such other English plantations as do belong to his Majesty, his...
Page 141 - A little tea, one leaf I did not steal. For guiltless bloodshed I to God appeal ; Put tea in one scale, human blood in t'other And think what 'tis to slay a harmless brother.
Page 142 - I am not dead, but sleepeth here, And when the Trumpet Sound I will appear. Four balls thro' me Pearced there way. Hard it was. I'd no time to pray. This stone that here you Do see My Comerades erected for the sake of me.