prison-ship

According to their words, the prison-ship was a terrible place, the bottom of the hold being water-soaked and slimy, and infested by myriads of insects and worms, which crawled over the prisoners 'bodies, stinging and biting them and almost driving them wild.

The Dare Boys of 1776 Stephen Angus Cox

Doubtless the British were aware of the fact, also, that the same youth had set the prisoners free from the prison-ship.

The Dare Boys of 1776 Stephen Angus Cox

He was brave, and eager to rescue his brother and the other patriot spies and soldiers, and so he located an old boat, got in, and then pulled slowly and carefully toward the prison-ship, which could be faintly seen looming up a couple of hundred yards distant on the water.

The Dare Boys of 1776 Stephen Angus Cox

They paused there only long enough to rest a bit and apprise the officer in command of their escape from the prison-ship, then they went down to the shore and were taken across to the New York side in boats.

The Dare Boys of 1776 Stephen Angus Cox

"You have rescued the patriot prisoners from the British prison-ship, and I hope you have as well secured some important information."

The Dare Boys of 1776 Stephen Angus Cox

The shore was reached presently, however, and at the same instant there came out of the darkness excited yells from the direction of the prison-ship.

The Dare Boys of 1776 Stephen Angus Cox

Tom decided that the prison-ship must be a terrible place, and he was destined to soon find that such was really the case.

The Dare Boys of 1776 Stephen Angus Cox

You kindle the fires of liberty by pointing to the woes of the prison-ship, and the bones of your countrymen whitening on the shores of New Jersey.

Select Temperance Tracts American Tract Society

The youth believed that he might be able to rescue his brother and the other prisoners in the prison-ship, and he was fully decided to make the attempt that very night.

The Dare Boys of 1776 Stephen Angus Cox

It would result disastrously, as he would likely be shot as a spy, for it was known that he had rescued the patriot prisoners out of the old prison-ship in the bay, and he would be handled severely.

The Dare Boys of 1776 Stephen Angus Cox