s that "WORK AND WIN," the fourth of the Woodville Stories, will
have as pleasant a welcome as its predecessors.
WILLIAM T. ADAMS.
HARRISON SQUARE. MASS.,
November 10, 1865.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Mischief-Makers 9
II. The Circus at Whitestone 21
III. A Moral Question 33
IV. Noddy's Confession 45
V. Squire Wriggs at Woodville 57
VI. Noddy's Engagement 70
VII. The Ring-Master 81
VIII. Good-by to Woodville 93
IX. An Attempt to Work and Win 105
X. Poor Mollie 117
XI. The Schooner Roebuck 129
XII. The Drunken Captain 141
XIII. The Shark 154
XIV. The Yellow Fever 167
XV. The Demon of the Cup 180
XVI. Night and Storm 193
XVII. After the Storm 206
XVIII. The Beautiful Island 217
XIX. The Visitors 228
XX. Homeward Bound 239
XXI. The Clergyman and his Wife 247
WORK AND WIN;
OR,
NODDY NEWMAN ON A CRUISE.
CHAPTER I.
THE MISCHIEF-MAKERS.
"Here, Noddy Newman! you haven't washed out the boat-house yet," said
Ben, the boatman, as the young gentleman thus addressed was ambling down
towards the river.
"Hang the boat-house!" exclaimed Noddy, impatiently, as he stopped short
in his walk, and seemed to be in doubt whether he should return or
continue on his way.
"You know what Miss Bertha says--don't you?"
"Yes, I know what she says," added Noddy, rubbing his head, as though he
were trying to reconcile his present purpose, whatever it was, with the
loyalty he owed to Bertha. "I suppose it don't make much difference to
her whether I wash out the boat-house now or by and by."
"I don't know anything about that, my boy," said the old man. "Miss
Bertha told me to find some regular work for you to do every day. I
found it, and she say you must wash out the boat-house every morning
before nine o'clock. If you don't do it, I shall report you to her.
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