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Dick Merriwell’s Pranks or, Lively Times in the Orient
Dick Merriwell’s Pranks or, Lively Times in the Orient
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Dick Merriwell’s Pranks or, Lively Times in the Orient by Burt L. Standish, author of the celebrated “Merriwell” stories, which are the favorite reading of over half a million up-to-date American boys.
Copyright, 1905
Contents
Chapter 1—In the Bosporus
Chapter 2—In Persia
Chapter 3—The Persistence of Achmet
Chapter 4—The Challenge
Chapter 5—In the Cemetery
Chapter 6—The Sights of Stamboul
Chapter 7—Lost on the Buried Lake
Chapter 8—On the Way to Damascus
Chapter 9—The Struggle at the Station
Chapter 10—The Green-Eyed Monster
Chapter 11—A Man of Command
Chapter 12—Between Life and Death
Chapter 13—Inward Torture
Chapter 14—Dick Disobeys
Chapter 15—Purchasing a Human Being
Chapter 16—The Sword is Stained
Chapter 17—A Position of Peril
Chapter 18—In a Deadly Trap
Chapter 19—Brad and Nadia
Chapter 20—The Flight
Chapter 21—Saved by Prayer
Chapter 22—In the Desert
Chapter 23—The Fount of Fury
Chapter 24—The Fate of a Foe
Chapter 25—Sunset from the Citadel
Chapter 26—Some Interesting Conversation
Chapter 27—The Professor’s Game
Chapter 28—In Bunol’s Power
Chapter 29—The Pursuit on the River
Chapter 30—His Just Deserts
Chapter 1—In the Bosporus
The steamer had crossed the Sea of Marmora and entered the Bosporus. It was approaching Constantinople. On the right lay Asia, on the left Europe. Either shore was lined with beautiful mosques and palaces, the fairylike towers and minarets gleaming in the sunshine.
The deck was crowded with people eagerly gazing on the bewitching scene. From that point of view it was a land of enchantment, strange, mysterious, fascinating. Shipping from all quarters of the globe lay in the splendid harbor.
Among the crowd on deck were two boys who were making a European tour in charge of Professor Zenas Gunn, of the Fardale Military Academy, from which one of the students had been unjustly expelled. This was Dick Merriwell, the younger brother of the former great Yale athlete and scholar, Frank Merriwell. With Dick was his chum and former roommate at Fardale, Bradley Buckhart, of Texas.
“What do you think of it, Brad?” asked Dick, placing a hand on the shoulder of his comrade, who was leaning on the rail and staring at the bewildering panorama.
Buckhart drew a deep breath.
“Pard,” he answered, “she beats my dreams a whole lot. I certain didn’t allow that the country of the ‘unspeakable Turk’ could be half as beautiful.”
“Wait until we get on shore before you form an opinion,” laughed Dick. “It certainly is beautiful from here, but I have reasons to believe that things will not seem so beautiful on closer inspection.”
(continued...)
Copyright, 1905
Contents
Chapter 1—In the Bosporus
Chapter 2—In Persia
Chapter 3—The Persistence of Achmet
Chapter 4—The Challenge
Chapter 5—In the Cemetery
Chapter 6—The Sights of Stamboul
Chapter 7—Lost on the Buried Lake
Chapter 8—On the Way to Damascus
Chapter 9—The Struggle at the Station
Chapter 10—The Green-Eyed Monster
Chapter 11—A Man of Command
Chapter 12—Between Life and Death
Chapter 13—Inward Torture
Chapter 14—Dick Disobeys
Chapter 15—Purchasing a Human Being
Chapter 16—The Sword is Stained
Chapter 17—A Position of Peril
Chapter 18—In a Deadly Trap
Chapter 19—Brad and Nadia
Chapter 20—The Flight
Chapter 21—Saved by Prayer
Chapter 22—In the Desert
Chapter 23—The Fount of Fury
Chapter 24—The Fate of a Foe
Chapter 25—Sunset from the Citadel
Chapter 26—Some Interesting Conversation
Chapter 27—The Professor’s Game
Chapter 28—In Bunol’s Power
Chapter 29—The Pursuit on the River
Chapter 30—His Just Deserts
Chapter 1—In the Bosporus
The steamer had crossed the Sea of Marmora and entered the Bosporus. It was approaching Constantinople. On the right lay Asia, on the left Europe. Either shore was lined with beautiful mosques and palaces, the fairylike towers and minarets gleaming in the sunshine.
The deck was crowded with people eagerly gazing on the bewitching scene. From that point of view it was a land of enchantment, strange, mysterious, fascinating. Shipping from all quarters of the globe lay in the splendid harbor.
Among the crowd on deck were two boys who were making a European tour in charge of Professor Zenas Gunn, of the Fardale Military Academy, from which one of the students had been unjustly expelled. This was Dick Merriwell, the younger brother of the former great Yale athlete and scholar, Frank Merriwell. With Dick was his chum and former roommate at Fardale, Bradley Buckhart, of Texas.
“What do you think of it, Brad?” asked Dick, placing a hand on the shoulder of his comrade, who was leaning on the rail and staring at the bewildering panorama.
Buckhart drew a deep breath.
“Pard,” he answered, “she beats my dreams a whole lot. I certain didn’t allow that the country of the ‘unspeakable Turk’ could be half as beautiful.”
“Wait until we get on shore before you form an opinion,” laughed Dick. “It certainly is beautiful from here, but I have reasons to believe that things will not seem so beautiful on closer inspection.”
(continued...)