The Dreadnought Boys on Battle Practice
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Goldfrap John Henry. The Dreadnought Boys on Battle Practice
CHAPTER I. A RED-HOT STOVE AND DESTINY
CHAPTER II "WE'RE GOING TO JOIN THE NAVY."
CHAPTER III. UNCLE SAM GETS TWO RAW RECRUITS
CHAPTER IV. THE DREADNOUGHT BOYS HAVE AN ADVENTURE
CHAPTER V. TWO LADS WITH THE "RIGHT RING."
CHAPTER VI. A COWARD'S BLOW
CHAPTER VII "WE ARE PART OF THE FLEET."
CHAPTER VIII. HERC TAKES A COLD BATH
CHAPTER IX. A NAVAL INITIATION
CHAPTER X. NED HOLDS HIS COUNSEL
CHAPTER XI. BREAKING TWO ROOKIES
CHAPTER XII. A BULLY GETS A LESSON
CHAPTER XIII. HERC LEARNS WHAT "THE BRIG" IS
CHAPTER XIV. A PLOT OVERHEARD
CHAPTER XV. ORDERED AFT
CHAPTER XVI. A BIT OF PROMOTION
CHAPTER XVII. JIU-JITSU VS. MUSCLE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE BOYS GET ACQUAINTED WITH BIG GUNS
CHAPTER XIX. IN THE MIDST OF PEACE
CHAPTER XX. HERC – A LIVING TARGET
CHAPTER XXI. AFLOAT AND ASHORE
CHAPTER XXII. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
CHAPTER XXIII. A JACKIE AGAINST WOLVES
CHAPTER XXIV. IN THE PULSIFERS' HANDS
CHAPTER XXV. THREE MINUTES OF LIFE
CHAPTER XXVI. A BLUFF CALLED
CHAPTER XXVII. A STRANGE RETURN
CHAPTER XXVIII. A HIT WITH CHAOSITE
CHAPTER XXIX. THE STUFF A JACKIE'S MADE OF
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Old Zack Strong was not one of those men who can distinguish between boyish high spirits and what he would have termed "downright pesky cussedness." In this latter quality, indeed, he believed both his grandsons – Ned, and his dead second son's offspring, Herc, – to be plentifully endowed. Not naturally bad-hearted, however, the old man had assumed the care of the cousins on the death of their parents, but even with his act of adoption there came the thought to his frugal mind: "They'll be a great help 'round the farm."
In his hopes in this direction the old man had not been disappointed. Both boys had entered into the work with painstaking thoroughness; but it must be admitted that to adventurous lads, the monotonous grind of a remote farm in the hills is somewhat dampening. Ever since Ned and Herc had left the district school and become, in a more thorough sense than ever, "helps" to their grandfather, the old man had chafed at their hunting expeditions and proclivities toward baseball and other games. He could not see that pitching hay, milking, and doing chores, was not the full-rounded end of existence for any lads.
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"What?" quavered the old man, as if he thought he had not heard aright.
"I mean 'so are we tired of it,'" repeated Ned, slowly, but in a firm voice, "we work for you early and late, grandpa, and nothing ever comes of it but scolding and fault-finding."
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