Frank Merriwell's Nobility; Or, The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp

, he make me-what you

away. He was a man between thirty-five and forty years of age, dressed

son was a supercilious Frenchman, critical, sneering, insolent,

seemed to be a servant or valet, and who wa

one say zey belong to ze great American college. Zey act like zey belong to ze-

grim smile, "that they are copying their mann

at Frank. Then he shrugged his shoulders,

mericans-ah!-what e

wed and rubbed h

ng, lazily. "How do y

"I consider the source from which it ca

o hear a foreigner criticize anything American. Like all youthful Americans, hi

head, and he was no

nable to expres

n exceedingly mild and peaceable man, and the sligh

ook toward Frank again, and it seeme

own the harbor, signaling n

Harry formed a fine q

l be in Lo

s, yo! heave

ueen, with he

my lads

t gesture, and showed annoyanc

ver, looking slender and graceful, like a

land and the Statue of Liberty.

merica zan any ozare nation, but ze Americans forget. Zey forget Lafayette. Zey forget France make it possibul for zem to conquaire Engalande an' get ze freedom zey ware aftaire. An

the rest of the dago nations to do the job!" splutte

speaking to his companion, "t'

mons

oward Harry, as if determined to

Frank was equally swift in his movements, a

try it if

who was an athlete in build. "If

think y

" ordered the Frenchman

a turn, Merry broke the hold instantly, kicked the fellow's

Every year seemed to add something to the big collegian's wonderful st

n over the rail turn

e him a bath

er," laughed Frank. "Per

on't make any difference if he sinks. Only

as scarcely more than boys and he had fancied his athletic servant could easil

ror, but in vain he struggled. He was hel

but Frank Merriwell confronted him in

way!" snarl

inquired Merry, li

i!

l my friend gets through with your servant,

to

es

M. Rouen Mon

h mogul of France. You are on the deck of an Eng

s cigar aside and seem

ietly, his eyes watc

t calmness, "I advise you not to draw it. If you do, as sure as you are sa

ing. Frank actually meant to throw the

nk Merriwell, beginning to understand that

u geeve me ze eensult

nds and everything American. It's your

were een

t I don't care to have a quarrel with you. Bruce put the fellow down

g fellow; "but I was just g

and the fellow seemed

ttleton

e a walk," he cried. "It will b

er, with an attempt at dignit

hs without the least trouble, but had been handled with such ease th

dignity, and Maurel followed, tal

y hard to settle the

Frank. "There will be further trouble w