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diff --git a/42940-h/42940-h.htm b/42940-h/42940-h.htm index fc7c917..2d10a51 100644 --- a/42940-h/42940-h.htm +++ b/42940-h/42940-h.htm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Battleship Boys In Foreign Service, by Frank Gee Patchin. @@ -172,45 +172,7 @@ table { </style> </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service, by -Frank Gee Patchin - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service - or, Earning New Ratings in European Seas - -Author: Frank Gee Patchin - -Release Date: June 13, 2013 [EBook #42940] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BATTLESHIP BOYS *** - - - - -Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 42940 ***</div> <div class="figcenter"> <img src="images/tp.jpg" alt=""/> @@ -368,7 +330,7 @@ madam!"</p> <p>Dan was off with a bound, followed a few paces behind by his red-haired friend, Sam Hickey.</p> -<p>As they ran they made out a coupé that had been drawn up beside the +<p>As they ran they made out a coupé that had been drawn up beside the road. One man was holding the horses by the heads, while a group of others were standing by the door of the carriage.</p> @@ -1244,7 +1206,7 @@ Ambassador."</p> <p>He was the Spanish ambassador to France.</p> -<p>Señor Martinez's greeting was most cordial, but the ambassador lost no +<p>Señor Martinez's greeting was most cordial, but the ambassador lost no time in stating the object of his visit.</p> <p>"You have two young men here, I believe, Monsieur—young men who are @@ -1265,14 +1227,14 @@ Boulogne last evening?"</p> to request that those young men be liberated at once."</p> <p>"I have but now received a message from the Ministry of Justice, -requesting that I receive you. I am honored, señor. May I inquire your +requesting that I receive you. I am honored, señor. May I inquire your interest in this matter?" questioned the prefect, shrewdly suspecting the truth.</p> <p>"Because I have reason to believe that a serious error has been committed."</p> -<p>"Indeed, señor! On whose part, may I ask?"</p> +<p>"Indeed, señor! On whose part, may I ask?"</p> <p>"I should say that it was on the part of your department, Monsieur Prefect—that a great injustice has been done to two very brave young @@ -1285,7 +1247,7 @@ I beg that you may quickly convince yourself of their innocence and liberate them. I ask this in my official capacity."</p> <p>"The foreign governments appear to be taking a deep interest in the case -of these young men, señor."</p> +of these young men, señor."</p> <p>"Why say you that, Monsieur le Prefect?"</p> @@ -1305,9 +1267,9 @@ of that," laughed the chief.</p> <p>"Will you release the men?"</p> -<p>"It will give me great pleasure to serve you, señor, in any manner in my +<p>"It will give me great pleasure to serve you, señor, in any manner in my power. Do you know the women who had such a narrow escape last evening, -may I ask, señor?"</p> +may I ask, señor?"</p> <p>"Certainly."</p> @@ -1323,7 +1285,7 @@ arrested, accused of the attempted robbery, the ladies were greatly disturbed. They insisted that justice be done, that I spare no efforts to obtain the release of the brave young sailors."</p> -<p>"Disturb yourself no more, Señor Ambassador."</p> +<p>"Disturb yourself no more, Señor Ambassador."</p> <p>"You mean?"</p> @@ -1341,10 +1303,10 @@ to obtain the release of the brave young sailors."</p> English?" demanded Sam Hickey.</p> <p>The Battleship Boys had entered the first restaurant they found. This -proved to be none other than the Café de la Paix, one of the fashionable +proved to be none other than the Café de la Paix, one of the fashionable resorts of Paris. The waiter who attended their table was unable to speak a word of English, nor could either lad make his wants known, but -the waiter quickly brought an employé to whom the boys stated their +the waiter quickly brought an employé to whom the boys stated their wishes.</p> <p>"Four dishes of ice cream, and in a hurry," commanded Sam Hickey. "What @@ -1365,7 +1327,7 @@ each.</p> <p>"There, I guess that will keep me going until supper time," decided Sam. "I wonder how much we owe him?"</p> -<p>"I should say about a dollar," answered Dan, motioning for the garçon +<p>"I should say about a dollar," answered Dan, motioning for the garçon and asking for their check.</p> <p>Dan's eyes grew large as he examined the bill that had been laid beside @@ -1420,18 +1382,18 @@ over to his companion.</p> <p>"What do they call this place, Dan?" questioned the red-haired boy as they started away.</p> -<p>"Café de la Paix."</p> +<p>"Café de la Paix."</p> <p>"That's it. We should have known better. I see it all now. Why didn't we look at the sign over the place before we went in?"</p> <p>"What do you mean?"</p> -<p>"Café de la Pay. That's it; that's the place."</p> +<p>"Café de la Pay. That's it; that's the place."</p> <p>"Sam Hickey, have you gone crazy?"</p> -<p>"Café de la Pay—that's the place where you pay. And we did pay. I never +<p>"Café de la Pay—that's the place where you pay. And we did pay. I never knew a place that was so well named," continued Sam with a sickly grin. "We paid, didn't we?"</p> @@ -1465,7 +1427,7 @@ nearly everything that ever happened, as it is."</p> <p>By this time others of the same sort had hurried to the scene. All were shouting at once. It seemed as if all the guides in Paris had -congregated in front of the Café de la Paix for the sole purpose of +congregated in front of the Café de la Paix for the sole purpose of waylaying the unsuspecting Battleship Boys.</p> <p>Several guides grabbed Dan by one arm, while as many more caught hold of @@ -1562,7 +1524,7 @@ carriage for us."</p> opened it wonderingly.</p> <blockquote><p>"Mr. Daniel Davis and Mr. Samuel Hickey are requested to dine with -the Spanish ambassador, Señor Guillermo Martinez, this evening at +the Spanish ambassador, Señor Guillermo Martinez, this evening at 8.30 o'clock." </p></blockquote> <p>Dan opened his eyes wide when he read this, then passed the invitation @@ -1603,7 +1565,7 @@ do now."</p> Sam, with an audible chuckle.</p> <p>The carriage drove up in front of a handsome residence on the Champs -Elysées, almost directly opposite the Elysée Palace Hotel, the door of +Elysées, almost directly opposite the Elysée Palace Hotel, the door of the vehicle was opened and the Battleship Boys stepped out.</p> @@ -1623,7 +1585,7 @@ were too dazed to speak. Suddenly they realized that the ambassador was introducing his wife, Madame Martinez. Then a beautiful, dark-eyed girl was led forward.</p> -<p>"This, young gentlemen, is my daughter, Señorita Inez Martinez, to whom +<p>"This, young gentlemen, is my daughter, Señorita Inez Martinez, to whom we hoped you might owe your liberty. Happily, however, for you, your own consul succeeded in getting you released before the matter was brought to my attention. I trust you have suffered no ill effects from your @@ -1656,7 +1618,7 @@ suggested the ambassador's wife.</p> <p>"I don't think so," objected Sam. "I've had a hard time of it ever since I came here—that is—until—until to-night," as he noted the eyes of -the beautiful señorita fixed upon him.</p> +the beautiful señorita fixed upon him.</p> <p>Somehow her voice had a strangely familiar ring to him. He felt sure that he had heard it before, but the more he thought about it the more @@ -1672,7 +1634,7 @@ easily and well, discussing many subjects with which the average sailor is not expected to be familiar.</p> <p>"I take it that you lads hope to be petty officers one of these days," -said Señor Martinez.</p> +said Señor Martinez.</p> <p>"We have already won our ratings in that class, sir."</p> @@ -1681,7 +1643,7 @@ said Señor Martinez.</p> <p>"I am a gunner's mate on the Battleship 'Long Island.' My friend is a coxswain connected with the same ship."</p> -<p>"Do you—do you shoot the big guns?" questioned Señorita Inez, with a +<p>"Do you—do you shoot the big guns?" questioned Señorita Inez, with a brilliant smile.</p> <p>"I hope to do so, some day—that is, I hope to do so at target practice, @@ -1702,7 +1664,7 @@ him to advance himself may do so. The opportunities are unlimited."</p> <p>"Yes, sir; but the way is hard."</p> <p>"All things worth having are difficult of attainment. Were they not, -there would not be rooms for those at the top," smiled the Señor.</p> +there would not be rooms for those at the top," smiled the Señor.</p> <p>The dinner was the most elaborate that the Battleship Boys had ever sat down to. Their host was in uniform and the ladies were in evening gowns, @@ -1712,14 +1674,14 @@ while behind the chairs of each stood a servant in livery.</p> Strangely enough, their host seemed quite familiar with their records, and all about their experiences with the Paris Apaches and gendarmes.</p> -<p>Señor Martinez appeared to take a keen enjoyment in their perplexity, +<p>Señor Martinez appeared to take a keen enjoyment in their perplexity, though he was forced to admit that Gunner's Mate Davis was sufficiently well-bred to hide his curiosity.</p> <p>At last the dinner came to an end, whereupon the party withdrew to the drawing room.</p> -<p>"Shall I sing for you?" asked the señorita, with a flash of her black +<p>"Shall I sing for you?" asked the señorita, with a flash of her black eyes.</p> <p>"I should be most happy to hear you," replied Dan courteously.</p> @@ -1761,7 +1723,7 @@ start when he noted that it lacked but fifteen minutes of midnight.</p> half rising.</p> <p>"In a moment, my lad. I presume you are somewhat curious as to why I -invited you to my home this evening?" questioned Señor Martinez +invited you to my home this evening?" questioned Señor Martinez quizzically.</p> <p>"We are, indeed, sir. I have been wondering why you should do such a @@ -1823,7 +1785,7 @@ we owe you a deep debt of gratitude."</p> the smiling faces.</p> <p>"Well, all I've got to say is that it was worth going to jail for," -added Sam Hickey, with an admiring glance at the señorita.</p> +added Sam Hickey, with an admiring glance at the señorita.</p> @@ -1877,7 +1839,7 @@ quite a bunch of it. Maybe twenty dollars or something like that."</p> lose your money before this. I take care of my money. You never heard of my losing any, did you?"</p> -<p>"How about the café where you pay?"</p> +<p>"How about the café where you pay?"</p> <p>"That was different. That money was not lost."</p> @@ -6356,386 +6318,6 @@ first class. Lads, I congratulate you."</p> following night he would take possession of a real berth in the chief petty officers' quarters.</p> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service, by -Frank Gee Patchin - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BATTLESHIP BOYS *** - -***** This file should be named 42940-h.htm or 42940-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/2/9/4/42940/ - -Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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