Tom Wallis: A Tale of the South Seas

Tom Wallis: A Tale of the South Seas
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Louis Becke. Tom Wallis: A Tale of the South Seas

CHAPTER I. FATHER AND SONS

CHAPTER II. CAPTAIN RAMON CASALLE AND HIS MEN

CHAPTER III. HOW TOM LIT A FIRE ON MISTY HEAD, AND WHAT CAME OF IT

CHAPTER IV. CAPTAIN SAM HAWKINS AND THE LADY ALICIA

CHAPTER V. THE CAPTAIN OF THE BANDOLIER

CHAPTER VI. TOM MEETS SOME STRANGERS ON WRECK REEF

CHAPTER VII. NORTHWARD TO THE SOLOMONS

CHAPTER VIII. CAPTAIN BULLY HAYES COMES ON BOARD

CHAPTER IX. THE FIGHT ON BOARD THE LEONIE

CHAPTER X. TOM AND MAORI BILL GO ON A BOAT VOYAGE

CHAPTER XI. JACK AND HIS FATHER HEAR GOOD NEWS

CHAPTER XII. HENRY CASALLE ALSO HEARS GOOD NEWS

CHAPTER XIII. JACK HAS MISGIVINGS

CHAPTER XIV. THE MALOLO SAILS IN SEARCH OF TOM

CHAPTER XV. ON ALOFI ISLAND

CHAPTER XVI. THE ENDING OF THE BOAT VOYAGE

CHAPTER XVII. BACK TO FOTUNA

CHAPTER XVIII. TOGETHER AT LAST

CHAPTER XIX. OUTWARD BOUND

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Under the five oars-Tom tugging manfully at the bow, though still panting with his previous exertions-the boat soon cleared the entrance to the little rocky cove, which, during the old convict days, had been made into a fairly safe boat harbour-the only one, except an unfrequented beach under Pilot's Hill, for many miles along the coast. Five minutes after the oars had touched the water she was fairly racing seaward, for she was in the full run of the ebbing tide as it swept through the sandbanks and reefs which lined the narrow bar. Then, as the water deepened, and the current lost its strength, Foster shielded his eyes with his hands from the blazing sun, and looking ahead, tried to discern the approaching boat.

'I can't see her anywhere!' he exclaimed presently; 'easy there, pulling. Perhaps she's in a line with Kooringa Rock, and we won't see her for another half-hour yet. Jump up, Combo, and take a look ahead.'

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'An' this, captain, is Master Tom Wallis, sir, the master's son. I sarved with his mother's father, an'-'

The captain stretched out his hand to the boy, and grasped it warmly, as Tom hung his head and shuffled his feet, his face a deep red the while with delight.

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