A Whispered Conspiracy

The Ocean Waifs

by Thomas Mayne REID (1818 - 1883)

"The “vulture of the sea,” borne upon broad wing, and wandering over the wide Atlantic, suddenly suspends his flight to look down upon an object that has attracted his attention. It is a raft, with a disc not much larger than a dining-table, constructed out of two small spars of a ship,—the dolphin-striker and spritsail yard,—with two broad planks and some narrower ones lashed crosswise, and over all two or three pieces of sail-cloth carelessly spread." So begins this adventure, both on land and on sea! (Summary adapted from chapter 1)

Listen next episodes of The Ocean Waifs:
A Cheering Cup , A Foul Deed Done in a Fog , A Madman in Mid-ocean , A Phantom Ship or a Ship on Fire? , A 'School' of Sperm-Whales , A Startling Shriek , A Threatened Storm , A Whaler 'Trying Out' , An Informal Inquest , An Unlooked-for Deliverance , Boarding the Boat , Cut in Twain , Dousing the Glim , Nearer and Nearer , Slipping the Cable , Suspicious Sounds , The Catamaran Abandoned , The Chase , The Darkest Hour , The End of the 'Yarn' , The Insane Swimmer , Unpleasant Conjectures , Worse Off Than Ever