The steamer Ajax encountered a terrible storm on her down trip from San Francisco to the Sandwich Islands. It tore her light spars and rigging all to shreds and splinters, upset all furniture that could be upset, and spilled passengers around and knocked them hither and thither with a perfect looseness. For forty-eight hours no table could be set, and every body had to eat as best they might under the circumstances. Most of the party went hungry, though, and attended to their praying. But there was one set of "seven-up" players who nailed a card-table to the floor and stuck to their game through thick and thin.
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Remarkable Instances of Presence of Mind Mark Twain
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- Автор: Марк Твен
- Видавництво: Видавничий союз «Андронум»
- Мова книги: Англійська
- Країна реєстрації бренду: Україна
- Країна-виробник: Україна
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