Pistol that man and the voyage with Murray
In a tense escape scene, Murray and Peter debate who goes with Bob while the cart carries them toward the Green lane. Murray orders restraint and plans to use Silvers crew to safeguard Bob as Peter resists and the group travels toward the river under Diggory Leigh’s wary watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
John
Green Lane
Silver
Diggory Leigh
Nor'west
Corporation
Petry Street
George Merry
Bill
Fisher
Waktin
Hale
Bones
Bill Bones
Messmate
Corbet
Royal James sails into danger with hidden lines
In a piratical voyage led by Murray, Robert is forced aboard the Royal James after capture. The crew plots evasive routes from Mona passage to Samana while O'Donnell worries for his daughter and a looming, dangerous merciless leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Royal James
O'Donnell
O’donnell
Havana
Porto’Bello
Mona Passage
Hispaniola
Porto
Rico
Bay of Samana
Diego
Santissima Trinidad
Robert
Pirate Chase in New York: Robert Ormerod Faces Captain Murray
In mid 18th century New York Robert Ormerod and fur trader Peter Cormaer hear of a pirate ship near the Hook. Captain Rip-Rap pursues Andrew Murray, the Jacobite pirate known as Royal James commander and Robert’s great uncle. Robert and Peter are taken aboard a brig as Murray’s plans unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Bonea
Murray
Corlaer
Darby
Bones
James
Bores
South Seas
Peter
Hghts
New York
Robert Ormerod
Peter Cormaer
Darby McGraw
Rip-Rap
Ormerod
Andrew Murray
John Sliver
Colonel O'Donnell
Peter Corlaer
An Inkling of the Plot
A narrator recalls his father’s tearful, frightened face as captors drag him from a dimly lit setting into the garden’s darkness, marking a tense moment of unknown danger. The scene hints at an unfolding plot and the narrator’s peril.
Ancient Ghent inn notched in time by guild and church
The narrator describes paddling Ghent canals and leaving a canoe at the Royal Club Nautique. They visit an inn set in a Gothic church wall, once a wealthy home then the Grocers' guild house, and later privately owned. The host calls it not really an old inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghent
Royal Club Nautique
Melville Chater
National Geographic Magazine
Singu
Albrecht Durer
Grocers’ Guild
Boy counts puppies at dog show in playful tale
A boy returns home thrilled by puppies at a dog show. He notes five puppies with their mother and declares two brothers and three twins among them, mixing imagination with wonder in a brief family moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy
Best Basis for Love in Holmes Quotation
Oliver Wendell Holmes discusses balance between intellect and emotion. He argues a calm mind forms the best basis for love and friendship, warning against egotistic bursts from genius while acknowledging intelligence can illuminate wisdom or poetry without sacrificing hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver ‘Wendell’ Holmes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Porto Bello
Neen
Bob
Wiscomfort
Safety
Arthur D. Howden Smit
Arthur D. Howden Smith
WAU Service
Whale’s Head
Spain
Chapter
Brig
Toledo
Ohio
Kansas City
Southwest
GEO, H. Siedhoff
Prea
Hub
Bellans
Allen
le Roy
Perfield
Teachers Ltd
Ellis Perfield
Madison Ave
el Ps
Ritedeot
Brookiza
Harold Somers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!