This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ...or the secluded study, to feel the Atlantic breeze untainted with human breathing, and gaze on the clear sky and unfettered sea; all were there. It is not 36 A SULLIVAN'S ISLAND STORY. for us to enter on this innocent catalogue those whose motives are gross and impure; the sensualist and the gambler, who dare ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ...or the secluded study, to feel the Atlantic breeze untainted with human breathing, and gaze on the clear sky and unfettered sea; all were there. It is not 36 A SULLIVAN'S ISLAND STORY. for us to enter on this innocent catalogue those whose motives are gross and impure; the sensualist and the gambler, who dare to sojourn where God's mercies pass by in purifying love, and whose stagnant souls are untouched with sensibility by the wave or the breeze. Captain Cowpens glanced from Fort Johnson to Haddrell's Point, then to Sullivan's Island, and there his eyes rested with an American gaze of delight on the beautiful flag waving from the citadel. When he landed at the Cove, he said nothing, but with an energetic stamp, thrust his cane into the sand, as if to assure himself that he stood again on that sacred spot. The girls were disappointed in gathering shells as they strolled on the beach. For several years they have been becoming more and more infrequent, though occasionally an eye sharpened by conchological skill, may detect a valuable one in the hollows on the beach, at the back or eastern part of the Island. Charlotte picked up a buccinum, with the living animal in it; but when she recollected its slight value, and the torture it would endure, she laid it down on the beach again, and with a generous pleasure watched its uncouth motions on the smooth sand, until a friendly wave, with dancing steps, came and bore it into the sea. Captain Cowpens was overcome by the emotions that crowded on his mind. He was trying to realize that the spot he now saw was the "wilderness he remembered covered with live oak, myrtle and palmetto trees." Mr. Marion took him gently by the arm, led him within the fort, and introduced him to the commanding officer....
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