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    The Abandoned Country
    The Abandoned Country
    The Abandoned Country
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    The Abandoned Country

    By Luis Senarens

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    The Abandoned Country: or, Frank Reade, Jr., Exploring a New Continent. written by an American dime novel writer specializing in science fiction Luis Senarens This book is one of many works by him. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy reading this book.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublisher s11838
    Release dateDec 18, 2017
    ISBN9788827535783
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      The Abandoned Country - Luis Senarens

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      Table of Contents

      CHAPTER I. A WONDERFUL TALE.

      CHAPTER II. PLANS ARE MADE.

      CHAPTER III. IN SOUTHERN SEAS.

      CHAPTER IV. UP THE FIORD.

      CHAPTER V. THE RUINED CITY.

      CHAPTER VI. ACROSS THE LAKE.

      CHAPTER VII. BARNEY’S AND POMP’S ADVENTURES.

      CHAPTER VIII. A GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENON.

      CHAPTER IX. ON AN ISLAND.

      CHAPTER X. A STARTLING DISCOVERY.

      CHAPTER XI. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

      CHAPTER XII. WHICH IS THE END.

      Frank and Randall placed Mains on the ice, at one side, and then drew Barney up. The Celt came up as lively as a cricket. Sure it’s hard to spile a bad egg, or to kill an Oirishman, he cried.

      CHAPTER I.

      A WONDERFUL TALE.

      So you think the earth has been thoroughly explored, and that there is no such thing as an undiscovered continent, do you? asked Percy Randall, as he lit a cigar and seated himself comfortably in a chair in the office of Frank Reade, Jr., for a social chat.

      The young inventor, who hardly needs an introduction to the reader, so well is he known the world over, turned from his desk and regarded his visitor with a quizzical smile.

      Still at that old theory, Randall? he said. I thought you had discarded it after that last expedition of yours.

      Randall, a bronzed, athletic man of thirty years, but with heaps of experience as a globe-trotter and explorer, winced, but replied lightly:

      Well, I did have a hard time. We lost our ship in Desolation Channel, and were forced to take to an iceberg. If we had had an overland machine like your Electric Scorcher, we could have easily crossed that ice barrier and set foot upon the new continent, the most wonderful part of the globe. But as it was we were carried north into Cape Horn waters on the berg and finally picked up by an Argentine vessel.

      Frank looked interested.

      Then you really believe that there is an inhabited and undiscovered continent beyond that ice barrier? he asked.

      Why, I have old Jack Wendel’s word for it.

      A sailor’s word is good except when connected with a story. The telling of a yarn is ample license for stretching the imagination.

      Very good, rejoined Randall, but old Jack has given his davy on it, and all sorts of oaths. Oh, I firmly believe him.

      I would much like to hear his story, said Frank.

      You would? asked Randall, eagerly.

      Yes.

      Then you shall. I brought him here to-day for that purpose. He is just outside the door. I will call him.

      Randall opened the office door and called:

      Wendel, come in here!

      The next moment there appeared in the doorway the figure of a sailor of the old-time type, who spliced the mainbrace and made sennit in the forecastle in the palmy days of the tea wagons and seventy-four gun frigates.

      Jack Wendel pulled his foretop respectfully before Frank, and said:

      With submission, sir, just come aboard, and at your service!

      Glad to meet you, sir! said Frank, warmly. Sit down. My friend here tells me that you have a wonderful yarn to tell.

      Wendel shot a shrewd glance at Frank, then said:

      It is not a yarn, skipper. It is a true story, on my honor!

      Very good, said Frank. I should be glad to have you repeat it to me.

      And you, sir?

      Wendel looked at Randall, who said:

      Certainly, Jack: fire away.

      The old salt clasped his hands over his knees and began:

      "It was in ’53, and I went out from Baltimore in the Mary Luce. Captain Barnaby, for Peru. There never was a stauncher ship, mates, nor the Luce. She stood up like a church in a running gale, and it was no light storm that put her under the rollers.

      "Well, we were forty-three souls aboard—crew, officers, and a few passengers. We had a lucky voyage all the way across the Equator and down the coast until we struck ther Horn seas. Then there was the Old Harry to pay.

      "We hit into a south storm, and for four days we were unable to tell where we were. The seas came aboard like avalanches and cleared the deck to the masts fore and aft. That was a leetle the toughest trip I ever had. And I haven’t forgotten it.

      "Well, the way the wind did howl and the sea run! When at length the sun shone long enough to take an observation our skipper swore that we were south of the Antarctic Circle.

      "And with that our bosun’s mate came up to say that the ship was leaking a hundred strokes a minute, more or less. We all turned to the pumps and worked like madmen.

      "But what was the use? We could never hope to make land under many weeks, and the ship could not float that long. We were put to it pretty desperate, and finally the end came.

      "There was no way but to take to the boats. What was worse, a little squall came up and made it almost impossible to launch ’em. Then the ship began to settle.

      "I can’t tell ye just all about what followed. The captain’s boat was lowered and swamped. The longboat cleared with fourteen aboard, but was caught between the rollers and capsized. All hands went down.

      "There were over twenty of us left on the ship’s deck, and a regular fight was made for the remaining boats. They were put out and two of ’em got clear and made off. But whatever became of ’em nobody ever knew. Six of us were left behind, and we had given ourselves up for lost.

      "But the ship water-logged and did not sink as soon as it was thought that she would. That gave us time to make a raft. We put some stores on it, and set out in a calmer sea. For six weeks we floated in those

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