The Treasure of the Seas

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James De Mille. The Treasure of the Seas

The Treasure of the Seas

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Bart and Pat in the Pit. Page 132

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Solomon Discovers the Leak. Page 248

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The Torso of Corbet. Page 284

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James De Mille

Published by Good Press, 2021

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"Compass! Why, what's the matter with the compass?" asked Bruce.

"Wal, yesterday at sunrise," said Captain Corbet, in a gentle tone of regret, "I noticed that, accordin to the compass, the sun was a risin in the nothe, an that was agin natur. So I knowed that either the sun was wrong or the compass, and nat'r'ly concluded that it was the compass. So I jest examined it, an sure enough, I found the needle all rusted up; an I'm a leetle mite afeared it ain't no more good, jest now, than a rusty nail. Consequently, I don't feel like settin any very great confidence on her. Wal, for that matter, I never thought much of compasses, an don't gen'rally go by them when I'm in old Fundy, though hereabouts they might p'aps be some use."

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