Jack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea
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Henty George Alfred. Jack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea
CHAPTER I. THE MIDSHIPMAN
CHAPTER II. AN ADVENTURE AT GIB
CHAPTER III. THE ESCAPE
CHAPTER IV. GALLIPOLI
CHAPTER V. A BRUSH WITH THE ENEMY
CHAPTER VI. THE ALMA
CHAPTER VII. BEFORE SEBASTOPOL
CHAPTER VIII. BALAKLAVA
CHAPTER IX. INKERMAN
CHAPTER X. THE GREAT STORM
CHAPTER XI. TAKEN PRISONERS
CHAPTER XII. PRISONERS ON PAROLE
CHAPTER XIII. A NOMINAL IMPRISONMENT
CHAPTER XIV. A SUSPECTED HOUSEHOLD
CHAPTER XV. A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
CHAPTER XVI. AN ESCAPE FROM PRISON
CHAPTER XVII. A JOURNEY IN DISGUISE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE POLISH INSURGENTS
CHAPTER XIX. TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XX. IN A LION'S DEN
CHAPTER XXI. BACK AT THE FRONT
CHAPTER XXII. THE REPULSE AT THE REDAN
CHAPTER XXIII. THE BATTLE OF THE TCHERNAYA
CHAPTER XXIV. A FORTUNATE STORM
CHAPTER XXV. THE CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL
CHAPTER XXVI. CONCLUSION
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It was on the 1st of February, 1854, that the "Falcon" sailed from Portsmouth for the East, and ten days later she dropped her anchor at Gibraltar harbor. Jack Archer was by this time thoroughly at home. In the week's hard work during the preparation for sea at Portsmouth, he had learned as much of the names of the ropes, and the various parts of the ship, as he would have done in a couple of months at sea, and had become acquainted with his new ship-mates. So great had been the pressure of work, that he had escaped much of the practical joking to which a new-comer on board ship, as at school, is generally subject.
He had for comrades four midshipmen; one of these, Simmons, had already nearly served his time, and was looking forward to the war as giving him a sure promotion; two others, Delafield and Hawtry, had already served for two or three years at sea, although only a year or so older than Jack, while the fourth, Herbert Coveney, was a year younger, and was, like Jack, a new hand. There were also in the berth two master's mates, young men of from twenty to two-and-twenty. With all of these Jack, with his high spirits, good-tempered face, merry laugh, soon became a favorite.
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"I say, Jack," Hawtry exclaimed suddenly, "why, there's the sun pretty nearly down, and here we are among the hills, in a lonelier looking place than we have come to yet. I don't believe we're anywhere near Gib. I say, old fellow, it strikes me we're getting into a beastly mess. What on earth's to be done?"
They checked their mules, and looked at each other.
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