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John Arthur Barry. A Son of the Sea
A Son of the Sea
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. WHY TORRE LEIGH WENT TO SEA
CHAPTER II "D. D. AND S."
CHAPTER III. A YOUNG GENTLEMAN-MIDSHIPMAN
CHAPTER IV. THE DEATH OF THE DANE
CHAPTER V. BROACHING CARGO
CHAPTER VI. OF A BABY AND A POT OF PAINT
CHAPTER VII "BRALGA."
CHAPTER VIII "BLOODED TO THE OPEN AND THE SKY"
CHAPTER IX. AT NGORI
CHAPTER X. TO THE ISLANDS FOR COPRA
CHAPTER XI. OF THE BIG WHITE KILLING AT KULOA
CHAPTER XII. FROM CANNIBAL LAND TO BOHEMIA
CHAPTER XIII. AN A. B. ON THE MARY ROBINSON
CHAPTER XIV. BY THE SKIN OF THEIR TEETH
CHAPTER XV. A DAUGHTER OF THE SEA
CHAPTER XVI. PUBLIC CHARACTERS
CHAPTER XVII. SOME CITY SAVAGES
CHAPTER XVIII. THIRD OF THE CUMBERLAND
CHAPTER XIX "COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!"
CHAPTER XX. A MID-SEA MADMAN AND SOME SECOND MATES
CHAPTER XXI. THE SPANISH YACHT
CHAPTER XXII "GOOD-BYE, FARE YOU WELL"
THE END
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John Arthur Barry
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"Even so, sir," replied Mr Bovey as severely as he could, "the table is no place to settle your quarrels at. You had better go to your room." Torre had risen to leave. But Mrs Bovey, with an awful smile, remarked, as she got up and signed to her son, who was roaring with pain and rage, to follow her: "No, if anybody leaves it must be me and my poor tortured child. Pray do not disturb your nephew on my account, Mr Bovey. Let him turn your dining-room into a pigstye, if he likes. Perhaps he will throw something at me presently. Come along, Labie, dear."
"I'm sorry, uncle," said Torre, "but it wasn't my fault. And I'd better go away. You can see it's no use my trying to live here. It's hard to leave you and Edie, though. I'll go to sea, uncle, whenever you're ready."
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