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The plot (SPOILAGE AHEAD) hinges on a treasure map the children find on a rainy day in th 'Cap'n's house (yawn), which turns out to be less of a map than a step, by step diagram, like that children's party game where you hide progressive clues around the house, each clue leading to the next.
SeeLight: 2007
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Incidentally to the Cap'n's post today is Dave Clark's birthday.
Pat Boone and Connie Francis Still Shut Out Bill Crider 2007
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The plot (SPOILAGE AHEAD) hinges on a treasure map the children find on a rainy day in th 'Cap'n's house (yawn), which turns out to be less of a map than a step, by step diagram, like that children's party game where you hide progressive clues around the house, each clue leading to the next.
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"Darlin', how would you like a ride on the Cap'n's Fo'c's'le?"
Here be yer pirate romance. Arrr. Douglas Hoffman 2005
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"Darlin', how would you like a ride on the Cap'n's Fo'c's'le?"
Archive 2005-09-01 Douglas Hoffman 2005
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Hammering away at a Cap'n's problems, thinking, worrying, pacing the hull, looking without knowing what he was looking for.
Furious Gulf Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1994
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"Christ, the Cap'n's gone balmy," a scrawny boy breathed, suddenly looking more the fifteen he was than the seventeen he'd claimed to be to gain a coveted berth aboard the Retribution.
Thief Of Hearts Medeiros, Teresa 1994
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'Cap'n's compliments, sir, and we've land in sight.
The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992
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But by that time Cermo had hurriedly turned away and tapped a quick signal into his wrist command, and so missed his Cap'n's amusement entirely.
Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989
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"Cap'n's respects, My Lord, and the shore boat is approaching."
Hornblower In The West Indies Forester, C. S. 1958
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