The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories by Frank R. StocktonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other StoriesAuthor: Frank R. StocktonRelease Date: March 22, 2004 [EBook #11671]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE RUDDER GRANGERS ABROAD ***Produced by Suzanne Shell, GF Untermeyer and PG Distributed ProofreadersTHE RUDDER GRANGERS ABROAD AND OTHERSTORIESBYFRANK R. STOCKTON1891, 1894CONTENTS.I. EUPHEMIA AMONG THE PELICANS II. THE RUDDER GRANGERS IN ENGLAND III. POMONA'S DAUGHTERIV. DERELICT V. THE BAKER OF BARNBURY VI. THE WATER-DEVILEUPHEMIA AMONG THE PELICANS.The sun shone warm and soft, as it shines in winter time in the semi-tropics. The wind blew strong, as it blows wheneverand wherever it listeth. Seven pelicans labored slowly through the air. A flock of ducks rose from the surface of the river.A school of mullet, disturbed by a shark, or some other unscrupulous pursuer, sprang suddenly out of the water justbefore us, and fell into it again like the splashing of a sudden shower.I lay upon the roof of the cabin of a little yacht. Euphemia stood below, her feet upon the mess-chest, and her elbowsresting on the edge of the cabin roof. A ...