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Leaving Home – Chapter 13 – Neptunus Rex

Posted on October 11, 2010 by William C. Montgomery

I was on my stomach with my hands and feet hogtied behind my back. The supply locker in which I was imprisoned was just narrower than I was tall from my knees to the top of my head. The pirates … Continue reading →

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Leaving Home – Chapter Eleven – Purgatory

Posted on July 27, 2010 by William C. Montgomery

After 36 hours of favorable winds, our sails fell slack in light airs. We were forced to motor through windless, putrid heat. The Gulf of Suez is narrow. A busy shipping channel dominates the 180-mile waterway running through its center. … Continue reading →

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Leaving Home – Chapter Ten – Zero Hour

Posted on July 19, 2010 by William C. Montgomery

Ernie whisked me into the guardhouse at the foot of the dock. He checked behind me to make sure that I hadn’t been seen. As soon as he closed the door, I pulled a bottle of Plomari Ouzo from my … Continue reading →

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Leaving Home – Chapter Nine – The Executioner

Posted on July 13, 2010 by William C. Montgomery

The walk from Neko II’s gangplank to the guardhouse at the foot of the dock was laborious. Little ridges of black tar bubbled out of the dock’s creosote-impregnated timbers.  Each step across the dock made a scandalous ripping noise. My gaze … Continue reading →

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Leaving Home – Chapter Eight – Bert and Ernie

Posted on July 5, 2010 by William C. Montgomery

More than twenty-four hours after the bombing of the airfield north of Suez, it was apparent that our two captors had been abandoned at their post. They seldom ventured beyond the threshold of the dock house at the foot of the … Continue reading →

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Leaving Home – Chapter Six – Lake Timsah

Posted on June 14, 2010 by William C. Montgomery

By mid-morning we came upon Ismaïlia, located where the canal opens into Lake Timsah, which is about half way through the Suez Canal system. The heat of the day was already upon us and a brown cloud from a hundred … Continue reading →

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