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Page 101
... skipper H. A. Schmidt spotted Hizen and recognizing it for a foreign warship , hugged the coast of Oahu inside the three - mile limit . No doubt still savoring Aeolus ' blood , two fast launches with Hizen close astern tally - ho'd ...
... skipper H. A. Schmidt spotted Hizen and recognizing it for a foreign warship , hugged the coast of Oahu inside the three - mile limit . No doubt still savoring Aeolus ' blood , two fast launches with Hizen close astern tally - ho'd ...
Page 104
... skipper's wants . Bulwarks bristled with two elderly Colt machine guns and a one- pounder cannon scrounged from the Monterey . Into the hold went ten tons of pig iron ballast to take the place of the trade goods out , copra in , that ...
... skipper's wants . Bulwarks bristled with two elderly Colt machine guns and a one- pounder cannon scrounged from the Monterey . Into the hold went ten tons of pig iron ballast to take the place of the trade goods out , copra in , that ...
Page 150
... skipper had been torn from his early morning slumber to confront the interloper . Hanging on to the bridge railing in flowing pajamas , he bellowed across in fractured English , demanding our business and identity . A lady in negligee ...
... skipper had been torn from his early morning slumber to confront the interloper . Hanging on to the bridge railing in flowing pajamas , he bellowed across in fractured English , demanding our business and identity . A lady in negligee ...
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