Mystery – November 6

“A dozen convicts, who descended with their pistols in search of him, found him with a match-box in his hand seated beside an open powder-barrel, which was one of a hundred carried on board, and swearing that he would blow all hands up if he were in any way molested.”

The Gloria Scott exploded near Cape Verde on this date in 1855.

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist tells the story of the first mystery s/he solved.

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