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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