The Coxswain's Bride; also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue

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Robert Michael Ballantyne. The Coxswain's Bride; also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue

Story 1 – Chapter 1. The Rising Tide—A Tale of the Sea

Story 1 – Chapter 2

Story 1 – Chapter 3

Story 1 – Chapter 4

Story 1 – Chapter 5

Story 1 – Chapter 6

Story 1 – Chapter 7

Story 1 – Chapter 8

Story 1 – Chapter 9

Story 1 – Chapter 10

Story 1 – Chapter 11

Story 1 – Chapter 12

Story 2 – Chapter 1. Jack Frost and Sons—A Short Story

Story 3 – Chapter 1. A Double Rescue—Introduction

Story 3 – Chapter 2. Lost in London

Story 3 – Chapter 3. The Double Rescue

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It was daylight by the time the Greyton lifeboat arrived at the scene of action, but the thick, spray-charged atmosphere was almost as bad to see through as the blackness of night.

“I’m afeared she’s gone,” shouted Slag to the coxswain, putting his hand to his mouth to prevent the words being blown bodily away.

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“What does that mean?” asked a smart young lady, who had braved the blast and run the risk of a salt-wash from the sprays at the pier-end in her eager desire to see the boat arrive.

“It means, Miss, that they’ve managed to save somebody—how many, in course, we can’t tell till they come.”

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