When I was a young man, I worked as a trapper in the woods. My wife and I had a cabin in the woods. It was a small cabin, but it served our needs. It had two ro

I am a retired captain of the upper sea. That is to say, when I was a younger man I was a balloonist. Naturally it is a hazardous profession, and naturally I ha

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This true story happened in the month of February, 1831. It was a bright moonlit night, and it was extremely cold. The little brig I commanded lay quietly at he

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