Two Boys of the Battleship: or, For the Honor of Uncle Sam
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Webster Frank V.. Two Boys of the Battleship: or, For the Honor of Uncle Sam
CHAPTER I – IN THE STORM
CHAPTER II – POLITICAL COMPLICATIONS
CHAPTER III – UNDER ARREST
CHAPTER IV – SHIFTING FOR THEMSELVES
CHAPTER V – IN NEW YORK
CHAPTER VI – ROBBED
CHAPTER VII – “LETS ENLIST”
CHAPTER VIII – JOINING THE NAVY
CHAPTER IX – AT THE TRAINING STATION
CHAPTER X – IN BARRACKS
CHAPTER XI – “ALL ABOARD!”
CHAPTER XII – THE CUT ROPES
CHAPTER XIII – TARGET PRACTICE
CHAPTER XIV – A BRAVE ACT
CHAPTER XV – ORDERED SOUTH
CHAPTER XVI – HEAVY SEAS
CHAPTER XVII – A CHASE
CHAPTER XVIII – BIG GUNS BOOM
CHAPTER XIX – ASHORE
CHAPTER XX – THE RIOT
CHAPTER XXI – UNEXPECTED NEWS
CHAPTER XXII – THE PURSUIT
CHAPTER XXIII – OVERBOARD
CHAPTER XXIV – THE MISSING BOX
CHAPTER XXV – CLEARED
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With one last and lingering look at the battleship, which was now almost lost to sight in the spray and spume of the sea and the mist of driving rain, Ned crouched down in the dory and watched his brother at the wheel, as the older lad turned the craft to make the trip through the inlet.
Ned crouched to keep as much as possible out of the way of the flying spray, and also to bring his weight low-down in the craft and thus make her more seaworthy. For though it was not likely that the dory would capsize, it was not wise to offer too many chances to the sea.
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“Cracky! I should say so!” exclaimed the older lad. “I wonder if we’ll ever actually be on one?”
“Well, we were on one once,” Ned remarked.
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