The Sea-Wolf
Chapter 21
by Jack London
Captain Larsen's frustration is taken out on Mugridge, who is greatly injured in the process.
Captain Larsen's frustration is taken out on Mugridge, who is greatly injured in the process.
The machines return to the Common, instead of proceeding to London. Additional cylinders continue to arrive daily. The Narrator travels down river, arriving at Middlesex.
Danglers is captured by Luigi Vampa on his way out of Rome.
Jeremiah Anderson's pride keeps him from asking for help from his ex-slave master after he is freed.
Mark falls into a sink hole. His father gets to him in time and brings him home to revive him.
Danglers learns that in order to eat while imprisoned he must pay a large sum for his food.
With the party now stranded at Fort Kearney, Fix presents a proposal to Phileas. The travelers continue heading east but still do not arrive in time to board the China.
Hawkeye, the white hunter, and Chingachgook, a mohican, discuss current events while Uncas trails Maqua tribesmen. The hear a party is approaching on horseback.
A prominent abolitionist invites Mr. Douglass to share his experiences.
A fairy tale about a girl rejected by her father. She falls in love with the son of an ogre and has a girl that is to be eaten by him. Instead the mother gives her to an old woman who raises her at the bottom of the lake. She is able to return to her family as a woman.
The narrator and the panicked Curate continue observe the Martians.
Henry reflects on the events surrounding his enlistment in the army. Tales of imminent battle breeds panic in Henry's mind.
A couple unknowingly makes sacrifices for one another.
Sumner and Mr. Manton begin to understand one another. There is a crisis with one of the canoes, which Sumner tries to remedy.
The sculptor tries to follow the figures wearing black masks.
A Japanese warrior defends the Dragon King by killing his enemy, the monster centipede. In gratitude the Dragon King gives the warrior several presents, including a bag of rice that never runs out, and he comes to be known as My Lord Bag of Rice.
Christy bids goodbye to Bertha as his ship sets sail.
The Yankee makes plans to start a newspaper. Because of a mix-up, Sir Sagramor challenges the Yankee to a battle. The king suggests to the Yankee that he should go out adventuring to gain reknown in order to make himself more worthy to fight Sir Sagamor.
After a discussion with Priscilla, Nancy fears she is cause of Godfrey's disappointment.
As Dantes becomes desperate in his dungeon cell, his neighboring prisoner rescues him.
Hans, one of the older brothers, attempts to turn the Golden River to pure gold and because of his terrible nature, fails and is turned to stone by the river.
The home life of the Reverend Septimus Crisparkle is introduced to the reader. Mr. Crisparkle plans a dinner party.
Now at his home, the narrator talks with a soldier about the current state of affairs.
A story about the animals in the Wet Wild Woods and how the cat that walked helped domesticate all the wild animals.