{"product_id":"2940013499065","title":"THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HORN","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       I An Introductory Disaster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      II A New Face in Camp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     III A Change of Lodgings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      IV Another New Face\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       V The Rackbirds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      VI Three Weld Beasts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VII Gone!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VIII The Alarm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      IX An Amazing Narration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       X The Captain Explores\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XI A New Hemisphere\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XII A Tradition and a Waistcoat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XIII \"Mine!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XIV A Pile of Fuel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XV The Cliff-Maka Scheme\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XVI On a Business Basis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XVII \"A Fine Thing, No Matter What Happens\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVIII Mrs. Cliff is Amazed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XIX Left Behind\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XX At the Rackbirds' Cove\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XXI In the Caves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXII A Pack-Mule\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXIII His Present Share\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXVI His Fortune under his Feet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HORN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN INTRODUCTORY DISASTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly in the spring of the year 1884 the three-masted schooner _Castor_,\u003cbr\u003efrom San Francisco to Valparaiso, was struck by a tornado off the coast\u003cbr\u003eof Peru. The storm, which rose with frightful suddenness, was of short\u003cbr\u003eduration, but it left the _Castor_ a helpless wreck. Her masts had\u003cbr\u003esnapped off and gone overboard, her rudder-post had been shattered by\u003cbr\u003efalling wreckage, and she was rolling in the trough of the sea, with her\u003cbr\u003efloating masts and spars thumping and bumping her sides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe _Castor_ was an American merchant-vessel, commanded by Captain Philip\u003cbr\u003eHorn, an experienced navigator of about thirty-five years of age. Besides\u003cbr\u003ea valuable cargo, she carried three passengers--two ladies and a boy. One\u003cbr\u003eof these, Mrs. William Cliff, a lady past middle age, was going to\u003cbr\u003eValparaiso to settle some business affairs of her late husband, a New\u003cbr\u003eEngland merchant. The other lady was Miss Edna Markham, a school-teacher\u003cbr\u003ewho had just passed her twenty-fifth year, although she looked older.\u003cbr\u003eShe was on her way to Valparaiso to take an important position in an\u003cbr\u003eAmerican seminary. Ralph, a boy of fifteen, was her brother, and she was\u003cbr\u003etaking him with her simply because she did not want to leave him alone in\u003cbr\u003eSan Francisco. These two had no near relations, and the education of the\u003cbr\u003ebrother depended upon the exertions of the sister. Valparaiso was not the\u003cbr\u003eplace she would have selected for a boy's education, but there they could\u003cbr\u003ebe together, and, under the circumstances, that was a point of prime\u003cbr\u003eimportance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when the storm had passed, and the sky was clear, and the mad waves\u003cbr\u003ehad subsided into a rolling swell, there seemed no reason to believe that\u003cbr\u003eany one on board the _Castor_ would ever reach Valparaiso. The vessel had\u003cbr\u003ebeen badly strained by the wrenching of the masts, her sides had been\u003cbr\u003ebattered by the floating wreckage, and she was taking in water rapidly.\u003cbr\u003eFortunately, no one had been injured by the storm, and although the\u003cbr\u003ecaptain found it would be a useless waste of time and labor to attempt to\u003cbr\u003ework the pumps, he was convinced, after a careful examination, that the\u003cbr\u003eship would float some hours, and that there would, therefore, be time for\u003cbr\u003ethose on board to make an effort to save not only their lives, but some\u003cbr\u003eof their property.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073696186608,"sku":"2940013499065","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013499065_p0.jpg?v=1763582010","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013499065","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}