{"product_id":"2940013499423","title":"THE DUSANTES","description":"THE DUSANTES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA SEQUEL TO \"THE CASTING AWAY OF MRS. LECKS AND MRS. ALESHINE\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the little party, consisting of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine, Mr.\u003cbr\u003eEnderton, my newly made wife, and myself, with the red-bearded\u003cbr\u003ecoxswain and the two sailor men, bade farewell to that island in the\u003cbr\u003ePacific where so many happy hours had been passed, where such pleasant\u003cbr\u003efriendships had been formed, and where I had met my Ruth and made her\u003cbr\u003emy wife, we rowed away with a bright sky over our heads, a pleasant\u003cbr\u003ewind behind us, and a smooth sea beneath us. The long-boat was\u003cbr\u003ecomfortable and well appointed, and there was even room enough in it\u003cbr\u003efor Mr. Enderton to stretch himself out and take a noonday nap. We\u003cbr\u003egave him every advantage of this kind, for we had found by experience\u003cbr\u003ethat our party was happiest when my father-in-law was best contented.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly in the forenoon the coxswain rigged a small sail in the bow of\u003cbr\u003ethe boat, and with this aid to our steady and systematic work at the\u003cbr\u003eoars we reached, just before nightfall, the large island whither we\u003cbr\u003ewere bound, and to which, by means of the coxswain's pocket-compass,\u003cbr\u003ewe had steered a direct course. Our arrival on this island, which was\u003cbr\u003einhabited by some white traders and a moderate population of natives,\u003cbr\u003eoccasioned great surprise, for when the boats containing the crew and\u003cbr\u003epassengers of our unfortunate steamer had reached the island, it was\u003cbr\u003efound that Mrs. Lecks, Mrs. Aleshine, and myself were missing. There\u003cbr\u003ewere many suppositions as to our fate. Some persons thought we had\u003cbr\u003ebeen afraid to leave the steamer, and, having secreted ourselves on\u003cbr\u003eboard, had gone down with her. Others conjectured that in the darkness\u003cbr\u003ewe had fallen overboard, either from the steamer or from one of the\u003cbr\u003eboats; and there was even a surmise that we might have embarked in the\u003cbr\u003eleaky small boat--in which we really did leave the steamer--and so had\u003cbr\u003ebeen lost. At any rate, we had disappeared, and our loss was a good\u003cbr\u003edeal talked about, and, in a manner, mourned. In less than a week\u003cbr\u003eafter their arrival the people from the steamer had been taken on\u003cbr\u003eboard a sailing vessel and carried westward to their destination.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079566639344,"sku":"2940013499423","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013499423_p0.jpg?v=1763581686","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013499423","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}