The Gold Brick (Classic Reprint)
Stephens, Mrs. Ann S.![The Gold Brick (Classic Reprint)](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/205/20546438/CHSBZCOP0320546438.jpg)
Excerpt from The Gold BrickBut what could they do -a handful of men against thousands on thousands of brutalized blacks, swarming in that doomed city. It was terrible to remain, but mad ness to go. The captain ground his teeth and Clenched his hands in the agony of this restraint. Every cry that reached the ship pierced him like a sword, every fresh gleam of light quivering across the waters seemed to lure him to the rescue.Oh, my God! My God!...