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Percy Francis Westerman. The Sea Scouts of the Kestrel
The Sea Scouts of the Kestrel
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. Knocked Out
CHAPTER II. The Mascot
CHAPTER III. An All-Night Watch
CHAPTER IV. Investigations
CHAPTER V. Adrift
CHAPTER VI. In the Fog
CHAPTER VII. The Derelict
CHAPTER VIII. The Man they Rescued
CHAPTER IX. What Marner Revealed
CHAPTER X. Blueskin’s Plot
CHAPTER XI. How it Failed
CHAPTER XII. Out of Action
CHAPTER XIII. The Stowaway
CHAPTER XIV. The Peril of the Race
CHAPTER XV “To be Returned in Due Course”
CHAPTER XVI. The Kestrel to the Rescue
CHAPTER XVII. Becalmed
CHAPTER XVIII. The Admiral
CHAPTER XIX. The Convict
CHAPTER XX. The Last Lap
CHAPTER XXI. The Eve of the Jamboree
CHAPTER XXII. The Race for the Cup
CHAPTER XXIII. A Dead Heat
CHAPTER XXIV. Snatched from the Deep
CHAPTER XXV. Home Again
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Percy Francis Westerman
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“Good idea!” agreed Mr. Grant. “Now, you fellows: supper and bed. We’ve another long day’s work in front of us to-morrow. I don’t fancy Mr. Carlo Bone will favour us with his undesirable attendance to-night.”
In ordinary circumstances the Sea Scouts slept like logs. Already they were quite hardened to lying on bare boards. To-night for the first time since their arrival at Polkebo Creek, they were sleeping either on bunks extending the whole length and both sides of the main saloon or in hammocks slung from the beams. Yet, in spite of the great improvement in comfort, they showed no inclination for repose. They chattered, discussing a suitable name for their mascot and going over the events of that memorable evening until Mr. Grant’s voice, coming from the adjoining cabin, bade them keep quiet.
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