A Madcap Cruise
A Madcap Cruise
By ORIC BATES
Boston and New York HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1905
COPYRIGHT 1905 BY ORIC BATES ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published March 1905
MY FATHER
A MADCAP CRUISE
It strikes me, said Jerrold Taberman, that we are booked for everlasting fame, win or lose. We'll either sail down the ages as a brace of heroes, or as the most egregious pair of donkeys that ever botched a job.
Well, Jerry, returned his companion, smiling, you've as much to do with making the thing a success as I have. I hope you realize the responsibility.
The young men chuckled in concert at the thought of all that was involved in this remark, although they looked, not at each other, but out over the sea.
Oric Bates
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Contents
Chapter One THE CARDINAL POINTS
Chapter Two THE FOG COMES IN
Chapter Three IT BLOWS SOUTHEAST
Chapter Four IT BLOWS NORTHWEST
Chapter Five LAND HO!
Chapter Six DINNER ASHORE
Chapter Seven LUNCHEON ABOARD
Chapter Eight A CHANGE OF TACTICS
Chapter Nine THE DOLDRUMS
Chapter Ten MR. WRENMARSH, THE EXTRAORDINARY
Chapter Eleven A LONE-HAND GAME
Chapter Twelve AT VERGIL'S TOMB
Chapter Thirteen A BID FOR THE ODD TRICK
Chapter Fourteen CLEARING THE DECKS
Chapter Fifteen IN THE CATTEWATER
Chapter Sixteen STORM!
Chapter Seventeen FACING THE MUSIC
Chapter Eighteen EPILUDE
