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Title: The chatterbox book of soldiers and sailors
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Robinson, Anna Weir, Harrison
Subjects: Children's literature, American
Publisher: Boston, D. Estes
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ONE OF THE HOUSEHOLDCAVALRY TJOBBY had just come to live in London.^^ The next day he went to school with Tom,who lived close by. After school Tom said, Isay, Bobby, lets go around by the Mall. So onthey went to Whitehall. And there, on either sideof the archway leading to the Mall, stood whatseemed to Bobby the very grandest looking menhe had ever seen. They wore gorgeous uniforms,shining helmets, and jack boots. And their mus-taches were almost as heavy as the plumes upontheir helmets. Bobby gazed up at them in awe,while Tom told him all about them,—how theybelonged to the Household, (Cavalry, whose spe-cial duty it was to protect;.the king and the royalfamily. They are;; ih^r£nQst regiment in theEnglish army.
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A PIRATE SHIP /^^NE of papas Chinese coolies told me that^^-^ once when he was a seaman the shipthat he was on was chased and almost capturedby a pirate proa. Wo Fang says that pirateships come on like the wind. And all alongher sides were hung shields and at both endswere brass cannon. Her great sails made ofpalm leaves were all set. Ship ahoy, shoutedthe captain of the pirate proa, only he said itin Malay words. But the Dragon of Gold just crowded on more sail, even when a shotfrom the pirate ship crashed across her bow.And although the shots from the proas gunstore her rigging and sails, the friendly windsoon carried her beyond reach of them.

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