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Title: Nautilus
Author: Laura E. Richards
Release Date: March 13, 2005 [EBook #15355]
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NAUTILUS
BY
LAURA E. RICHARDS
AUTHOR OF "CAPTAIN JANUARY," "MELODY," "MARIE," "QUEEN HILDEGARDE,"
ETC., ETC.
Illustrated
TENTH THOUSAND
BOSTON
ESTES AND LAURIAT
1895
_Copyright, 1895,_
BY ESTES AND LAURIAT
_All rights reserved
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London._
_Typography and Printing by_
_C.H. Simonds & Co._
_Electrotyping by Geo. C. Scott & Sons_
_Boston, U.S.A._
TO MY DEAR FRIENDS,
THE MEMBERS OF THE
HOWE CLUB,
OF GARDINER, MAINE,
THIS STORY IS AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER Page
I. THE BOY JOHN 13
II. THE SKIPPER 18
III. A GREAT EXHIBITION 33
IV. ABOARD THE "NAUTILUS" 48
V. MYSTERY 56
VI. MR. BILL HEN 68
VII. THE CAPTIVE 75
VIII. IN THE NIGHT 86
IX. FAMILY MATTERS 93
X. IN THE VALLEY OF DECISION 105
XI. SAILING 113
NAUTILUS
[Illustration: NAUTILUS]
CHAPTER I.
THE BOY JOHN.
The boy John was sitting on the wharf, watching the ebb of the tide. The
current was swift, for there had been heavy rains within a few days; the
river was full of drifting logs, bits of bark, odds and ends of various
kinds; the water, usually so blue, looked brown and thick. It swirled
round the great mossy piers, making eddies between them; from time to
time the boy dropped bits of paper into these eddies, and saw with
delight how they spun round
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