The Boy Nihilist by Allan Arnold
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Title: The Boy Nihilist or, Young America in Russia
Author: Allan Arnold
Release Date: October 20, 2007 [EBook #23094]
Language: English
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THE BOY NIHILIST, or, Young America in Russia
CHAPTER I.
THE UNSUSPECTING TRAVELER.
The steamship Baltic was on the point of sailing from America to Europe.
The usual scenes were visible on the wharf--the rushing on board of belated freight and baggage--the crush of passengers and their friends on deck, or down in the cabins, where partings were being drunk in wine; the crowd of steerage passengers forward, trying to keep out of the way of the sailors, and at the same time to salute or converse with their friends on the dock; the rattle and bustle all around; the blow of steam from the impatient boilers; the sharp, brisk orders of the junior officers; the rush of carriages with passengers, and the shouting of draymen anxious to get their loads aboard--all these sights and sounds were both felt and visible as a bright-looking young man, distinctly Am