XIX. THE LIFE-RAFT 241

XX. THE RUSSIAN BARK 252

XXI. THE TRIP OF THE TUG 263

XXII. LOOKING AHEAD 274

XXIII. UNCLE CHIPPERTON'S DINNER 285

XXIV. THE STORY ENDS 296

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

_Page._
"BANG! BANG! BANG!--SEVEN TIMES." (_Frontispiece._)

"SHE SEIZED ME BY BOTH HANDS" 10

THE VESSEL IS OFF 17

SCOTT AND THE CAPTAIN 19

RECTUS AND THE LEMONS 27

"'HOLD YOUR TONGUE!' ROARED MR. RANDALL" 32

"RECTUS SHOWED ME THE MAP" 35

"HOW?" 46

"ANOTHER BEAN" 64

"THE GENTLEMAN WAVED HIS HAT TO US" 80

"WHY, HOW DO YOU DO?" 88

"VOY-EZZ VOWS CETT HOMMY ETT SES DUCKS FEMMYS
SEELAH?" 110

"WE SAW HER SLOWLY RISING BENEATH US" 119

"'ALL RIGHT,' SAID GOLIAH, WITH A SMILE" 157

A SMALL DIVE 170

"I WOULDN'T LIKE IT MYSELF" 197

"WE STRUCK OUT TOGETHER FOR THE BOAT" 224

"'KEEP PERFECTLY COOL,' SAID MR. CHIPPERTON" 239

"RECTUS HELPED ME TO FASTEN THE LIFE-PRESERVER" 243

"YOU'RE A REGULAR YOUNG TRUMP" 277

A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP.

CHAPTER I.

WE MAKE A START.

I was sitting on the deck of a Savannah steam-ship, which was lying at a
dock in the East River, New York. I was waiting for young Rectus, and
had already waited some time; which surprised me, because Rectus was, as
a general thing, a very prompt fellow, who seldom kept people waiting.
But it was probably impossible for him to regulate his own movements
this time, for his father and mother were coming with him, to see him
off.

I had no one there to see me off, but I did not care for that. I was
sixteen years old, and felt quite like a man; wherea