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Frank Thomas Bullen. A Bounty Boy
A Bounty Boy
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I A Christmas Bounty
CHAPTER II A Whale Hunt
CHAPTER III C. B.’s Childhood
CHAPTER IV Evil from Without
CHAPTER V Entertaining Devils Unaware
CHAPTER VI C. B.’s Departure
CHAPTER VII C. B. Justifies His Position
CHAPTER VIII Treachery and its Consequences
CHAPTER IX The Great Catch
CHAPTER X A Gam and a Revenge
CHAPTER XI The Story of a Crime
CHAPTER XII C. B.’s Great Temptation
CHAPTER XIII C. B.’s Narrowest Escape
CHAPTER XIV A Momentous Passage
CHAPTER XV Farewell to the Ship
CHAPTER XVI Popularity
CHAPTER XVII A Troublesome Appreciation
CHAPTER XVIII A Hero in Spite of Himself
CHAPTER XIX C. B.’s Awakening
CHAPTER XX C. B.’s Task Concludes
CHAPTER XXI Marriage and Departure
CHAPTER XXII Back to Primitive Things
CHAPTER XXIII Saved from the Sea
CHAPTER XXIV Home at Last
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Frank Thomas Bullen
Being Some Adventures of a Christian Barbarian on an Unpremeditated Trip Round the World
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So it came to pass that one morning, as soon as the first gorgeous heralding of the dawn had overspread the sky, Philip and C. B. arose from their several mats (bedsteads, bedding and all the paraphernalia of our bedrooms being unknown and therefore unwanted), and after a loving kiss and a blessing from mother Grace, who was still beautiful and always abundantly happy, they strode down to the shore for the commencement of a day’s fishing. It was the season when a special kind of fish greatly liked by the islanders came inshore near enough to be caught in large numbers with hook and line. It was always an occasion of great activity among the men, not that they depended upon the fishing, but because it afforded a large quantity of pleasant food, and they always attacked the opportunity eagerly.
So when Philip and his son reached the boat-house all hands requisite for manning the boats were there, and after the usual hearty greetings and the indispensable word of prayer, without which no enterprise was ever undertaken, were over, all sprang to the work, fairly hurling the vessels into the foaming surf, and in a few minutes the two vessels, doubly manned, were in the smooth water beyond the rollers, and to the accompaniment of happy song were making their way seaward to the fishing grounds.
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