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The Tragic Farce of a South Seas Shipboard Scheme
In New York Public School No. 78 a teen recalls Bill Meek Jim Fleming and Charlie Unger and their doomed get rich quick plans. After a night trek to a hullabaloo ship aboard a tramp to South America, the voyage becomes a brutal baptism of storms mutinous sailors and a stowaway Monday. The crew’s misery, tantrums, and near sinking culminate in a perilous return to New York with a parrot, a burden of coin, and a hard-won taste of freedom.
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New York
Bi” Meek
Jim Fleming
Charile" Unger
Bill
Manta
Caba
Bil
South America
Port Simon
Costa Rica
Dana
Charlie
Tim
Ehie
Flessert
South
Aera
Tony
Gibson
Nova Scotia
Bim
Air
Benwy
Companiérway
Fat
Woelstman
Karl Tatsner
Fritz
Gulf Stream
Florida
Jaiy
T. T
Castries
St. Lucia
British West Indies
Lucia
Fife
Bit
Martiniqué
St. Lutia
Parhadog
Louis Marsato
Sean
Charles Tasima Beno
Atewart
Punta’ Arenas
Talestuane
Utdeisi
Labas
Aumania
Tom
Valparaiso
Chile
Meath
Pomeward-Bownd
Brand
Win
Usi
South Americs
Chileaty
Martin Splne
Davy Jones
America
Lobas
Board of Trade
Waring
New York Harbor
Reid
Terra Firma
Wilcome
Weil Font