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Christmas in the Cockatrice A Sea Tale Of John Purton
Captain John Purton misses Christmas at home as a sudden promotion sends him to command the Cockatrice, forcing his wife Dolly and daughter Dora to join as passengers. Thick fog of fate: thirteen foreign travelers fill the ship while secretive government stores carry recordite explosives, raising peril at sea.
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Hough
John Purton
Marier
South Pacific
Thames
Mediterranean
John
Joyces
Mrs. Part
Dolly
Parton
Dora
Geneva
Mrs. Parton
Mother
Miss Furton
Cockatrich
London
Gibraltar
Chart House
Higham Bight
Mr. Fordyce
Shadwell Basin
Purton
Government House
Miss Purton
Polly
Dover
Linderholm
Nevski
Erith
Woolwich