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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. STORMY JACK. There have been so many stories told of the sufferings of boys, when first sent to sea, that I shall not dwell long on those that befell myself. What a world to me was that ship I little knew, before it became my home, how many great men there were in the world. By great men, I mean those high in authority over their fellows. I went aboard of the ship, with the idea that my position in it would be one which ordinary people might envy. I was guided to this opinion by something said by the captain, at the time the indentures of my apprenticeshipwere being signed. No sooner were we out to sea, than I learnt that there were at least a dozen individuals on board, who claimed the right of commanding my services; and that my situation on board was so humble, as to place me far beneath the notice of the captain in command. I had been told that we were to be friends; but before we were a week out, I saw that should it be my lot to be lost overboard, the captain might only accidentally learn that I was gone. The knowledge of this indifference to my fate was not pleasant to me. On the contrary, I felt disappointed and unhappy. Aboard of the ship were four mates, two boatswains, a carpenter and his mate, and a steward, besides some others who took a little trouble to teach me my duty, by giving me orders which were frequently only given, to save themselves the trouble of doing what they commanded me to do. Only one of these many masters ever spoke to me in a pleasant manner. This was theboatsw ain of the watch, in which I was placed; who was called by his companions, Stormy Jack, probably for the reason that there was generally a tempest in his mind, too often expressed in a storm of words. For all this, Stormy Jack was every inch a sailor, ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217862370 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217862373 |
| Weight | 0.43 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.29 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 124 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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