Otis James. The Light Keepers: A Story of the United States Light-house Service
CHAPTER I. AN INVOLUNTARY VISITOR
CHAPTER II. SIDNEY HARLOW
CHAPTER III. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
CHAPTER IV. REPAIRING THE MOTOR BOAT
CHAPTER V. A CLOSE SHAVE
CHAPTER VI. THE VOYAGE
CHAPTER VII. A LESSON ON BUOYS
CHAPTER VIII. THE SURPRISES
CHAPTER IX. THE WRECK
CHAPTER X. THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XI "SONNY'S" OUTFIT
CHAPTER XII. MR. PETERS' MISHAP
CHAPTER XIII. A DISABLED CREW
CHAPTER XIV. NURSES AND LIGHT KEEPERS
CHAPTER XV. STORM-BOUND
CHAPTER XVI. AS IF FROM THE GRAVE
CHAPTER XVII. THE INSPECTOR
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For the first time since Ephraim Downs had been appointed keeper of Carys' Ledge light, was the work in the lantern left undone until after the crew had eaten breakfast, and also for the first time had the second assistant failed of having an appetizing meal served in a proper manner.
It was, as Mr. Peters afterward said, as if the "rules an' regerlations had been trampled in the mire," owing to the arrival of one small boy.
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"I just sat there and cried, sir, till I remembered what father has often told me, that when a boy, or a man, for that matter, loses his courage, he is a great deal worse off than if he kept up his spirits. I had often run the motor while the West Wind was in port, and I tried to make out how much gasolene there was in the tank, for I knew steerage-way was needed, else I couldn't keep her head up into the wind. It was a terribly long while before day came again, and then the fog covered everything so that I couldn't see very far in either direction. Of course father hunted for me; but I knew he didn't have much chance of finding me in that kind of weather."
