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قراءة كتاب The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service; or, Earning New Ratings in European Seas
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The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service; or, Earning New Ratings in European Seas
The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service
OR
Earning New Ratings in European Seas
By FRANK GEE PATCHIN
Illustrated
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Akron, Ohio New York
Made in U. S. A.
Copyright MCMXI
By THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
"Hip, Hip, Hooray!" Yelled Dan.
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | Battleship Boys to the Rescue | 7 |
| II. | A Serious Charge | 20 |
| III. | Ambassadors on Their Trail | 32 |
| IV. | Ice Cream Comes High | 42 |
| V. | A Plunge Into Society | 52 |
| VI. | Stranded in a Strange City | 59 |
| VII. | Under the Flag Once More | 66 |
| VIII. | His First Command | 74 |
| IX. | Rounding Up the Stragglers | 83 |
| X. | Outwitted by a Boy | 95 |
| XI. | Between Sky and Sea | 106 |
| XII. | In the Coils of a "Twister" | 118 |
| XIII. | Two Are Missing | 127 |
| XIV. | Down the Ammunition Hoist | 136 |
| XV. | Land Ho! | 146 |
| XVII. | On Gibraltar's Peak | 154 |
| XVII. | On the Blue Mediterranean | 167 |
| XVIII. | Jolly Tars in Egypt | 178 |
| XIX. | On the Ships of the Desert | 193 |
| XX. | Calling on the Mummies | 201 |
| XXI. | Conclusion | 209 |
The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service
CHAPTER I
BATTLESHIP BOYS TO THE RESCUE
"This is the famous Bois de Boulogne Sam."
"The what?"
"Bois de Boulogne, one of the most popular drives in Paris."
"Huh!" grunted Sam Hickey. "That sounds to me like some kind of sausage. What do they ever name their streets that way for in Paris?"
"All the names in this great, gay city mean something," answered Dan Davis. "This park here bears the same name. It was infested by desperate robbers as far back as the fourteenth century."
"Robbers!" exclaimed the red-haired boy.
"Yes."
"Are they here yet?"
"No; Napoleon cleaned them out. We shall soon be out by the Arch. The Frenchmen call it Arc de Triomphe."
"They do?"
"Yes."
"Just like that?"
"Of course."
"I'll bet there isn't a Frenchman in France who would know what you were talking about if they heard you call it by that name. I don't know anything about French, but if that is French give me plain United States. You are sure there are no robbers left in the Bologna sausage?"
"Bois de Boulogne, Sam," corrected Dan. "No; there are no robbers here. You need not be afraid."
"Afraid! What do you take me for, Dan Davis. I——"
"Hark!"
"Nothing