The Wreck of the Red Bird: A Story of the Carolina Coast
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Eggleston George Cary. The Wreck of the Red Bird: A Story of the Carolina Coast
CHAPTER I. MAUM SALLY'S MANNERS
CHAPTER II. ON THE JOGGLING BOARDS
CHAPTER III. AFLOAT
CHAPTER IV. PLANS AND PREPARATIONS
CHAPTER V. THE SAILING OF THE "RED BIRD."
CHAPTER VI. ODD FISH
CHAPTER VII. AN ENEMY IN THE CAMP
CHAPTER VIII. THE BEGINNING AND END OF A VOYAGE
CHAPTER IX. THE SITUATION
CHAPTER X. PLANS AND DEVICES
CHAPTER XI. SOME OF NED'S SCIENCE
CHAPTER XII. JACK'S DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XIII. AN ANXIOUS NIGHT
CHAPTER XIV. IN THE GRAY OF THE MORNING
CHAPTER XV. CHARLEY BLACK'S ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XVI. ON GUARD
CHAPTER XVII. A NEW DANGER
CHAPTER XVIII. A CAMP-FACTORY
CHAPTER XIX. A NIGHT OF ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XX. A CALCULATION OF PROFIT AND LOSS
CHAPTER XXI. CHARLEY'S SECRET EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XXII. THE LAUNCH OF THE "APHRODITE."
CHAPTER XXIII. THE VOYAGE OF THE "APHRODITE."
CHAPTER XXIV. MAUM SALLY
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To say that Ned was surprised is to describe his feeling very mildly. Knowing his uncle's easy, indolent mode of life, his contentment with home, his lazy love of books and pipes and ease generally, Ned would as soon have expected to hear that the organ in the little church had gone off summering, as to learn that his uncle and aunt were travelling.
The other boys were in consternation.
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"Hardly begun to come in?" said Jack, "why, the water's alive with them. Let me throw the net."
"Certainly," said Ned, "if you know how."
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