The Young Trawler
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Robert Michael Ballantyne. The Young Trawler
Chapter One. Introduces Deep-Sea Fishermen And their Families
Chapter Two. A Contrast to Chapter I
Chapter Three. Introduces Consternation to A Delicate Household
Chapter Four. Billy Bright the Fisher-Boy visits London—has a Fight—enlarges his Mind, and undertakes Business
Chapter Five. How Billy Conducts the Business—How Captain Bream Overcomes the Sisters, and how Jessie Seaward Sees Mystery in Everything
Chapter Six. The Curse of the North Sea; and the Trawls at Work
Chapter Seven. A Haul and its Consequences—Mysterious News from the Land
Chapter Eight. Dangers, Difficulties, and Excitements of the Traffic; Loading the Steamer
Chapter Nine. Another Drag-Net hauled—The Mission Smack
Chapter Ten. A Strong Contrast—A Victim of the Coper
Chapter Eleven. Ruth and Captain Bream take to Scheming
Chapter Twelve. Captain Bream develops a Capacity for Scheming
Chapter Thirteen. Run down in a Fog—Captain Bream acts surprisingly
Chapter Fourteen. Ruth’s Hopes as to her Plot brighten a little
Chapter Fifteen. A Cloud comes over Ruth’s Hopes, and dims their Brightness
Chapter Sixteen. Temptation on the Deep
Chapter Seventeen. Converse in the Cabin—The Tempter again—An Accident
Chapter Eighteen. A Day of Calm followed by a Night of Storm
Chapter Nineteen. Ruth finds that everything seems to go against her
Chapter Twenty. Details Two Robberies and an Awful Situation
Chapter Twenty One. A Hopeful Club Discovered
Chapter Twenty Two. In the Mission Boat on the Thames—The Damping of the Body cannot damp the Ardent Spirit
Chapter Twenty Three. How Captain Bream fared in his Search, and what came of it
Chapter Twenty Four. The Wreck of the Evening Star
Chapter Twenty Five. Billy and his Father Return Home
Chapter Twenty Six. The House of Mourning
Chapter Twenty Seven. The Captain’s Appetite Restored, and Ruth in a New Light
Chapter Twenty Eight. Out with the Short Blue again
Chapter Twenty Nine. Another Fight and—Victory!
Chapter Thirty. The Climax Reached at last
Chapter Thirty One. The Last
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From that heaving grey wilderness of water called the North Sea we pass now to that lively wilderness of bricks and mortar called London.
West-end mansions are not naturally picturesque or interesting subjects either for the brush or the pen, and we would not willingly drag our readers into one of them, did not circumstances—over which we have not a shadow of control—compel us to do so.
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“Who is Bella Tilly?” asked Mrs Dotropy.
“A young governess,” replied Jessie, “whose health has given way. She is an orphan—has not, I believe, a relative in the whole world—and has been obliged to give up her last situation, not only because of her health, but because she was badly treated.”
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