Time Ship (Book One): A Time Travel Romantic Adventure: The ideal Beach Book for reading on Holiday! by IAN C.P. IRVINE

Author:IAN C.P. IRVINE [IRVINE, IAN C.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Free Ebook Press - Indie Romantic Adventure Thriller
Published: 2015-10-04T04:00:00+00:00

As soon as the Sailing Master entered the Captain's Cabin, he was sent aloft to take readings from the stars and to work out their position as best he could. He returned, beaming, the first time he had smiled in days.

" 'Tis good news, Cap'n Rob. 'Tis a clear night, and I am able to see the stars. They are strangely dimmer than normal, in spite of the complete lack of cloud. But I was still able to plot a position. By my reckoning we should be sighting the coast of Puerto Rico soon. We have to pass it on our way west to Florida. Staying well clear of San Juan, I suggest we make our way along the coast and go ashore in or near the town of Arecibo. If this wind keeps up, we should be there just before dawn."

Almost as if the watchman up in the Crow's Nest had been listening to the conversation, a shout went up : "Ahoy, land ho!", and a few moments later there was a knock on the cabin door, a seaman bringing the news to the Captain and to wake him if he were asleep.

Captain McGregor asked the men in his cabin to sit down at his table and agree a plan. He included Richard Tyler in the conversation, a man he had grown to respect and like, and whose counsel he appreciated.

James Silver coughed nervously as he realised that Richard Tyler would yet again be remaining for conversations which until now had largely been the preserve of himself, the Captain, the Sailing Master and the Boatswain. Unfortunately Mr Peters had been taken ill that evening and was now confined to his bunk with fever, headache, chills and sweating, another of the crew to fall sick with the mysterious illness that Mr Bones had reported yesterday.

Although he had originally found the man amusing, Silver had now begun to dislike Mr Tyler: he didn't like the way Captain McGregor was taking him into his confidence, or how the men had also taken to him: they knew that it was thanks to him that they were all soon to become rich, and since the raid on the Fort in Puerto Bello de la Cruz, tales had been spreading below decks of how Tyler had single-handedly faced the garrison of the fort and persuaded them to open their gates.

"So, Mr Silver, what say you to Mr Tanner's suggestion of landing at the town of Arecibo?"

"Are we going to attack it or seek to trade with the locals?" Silver replied.

"A good question. I personally know little of the town, but is it not true that you once spent some time in the fort of San Juan, as the guest of the Spanish Governor there?"

Richard Tyler and Mr Tanner laughed.

"'Twas no laughing matter. A month of hell, it was, before I escaped, and found a berth with a merchantman headed for Jamaica. I have no desire to go back there, I can tell you. But I also know little of Arecibo.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.