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  ELM ISLAND STORIES.BYREV. ELIJAH KELLOGG.

  YOUNG SHIP-BUILDERS

  LEE AND SHEPARD BOSTON]

  ELM ISLAND STORIES.

  THE

  YOUNG SHIP-BUILDERS

  OF

  ELM ISLAND.

  BY

  REV. ELIJAH KELLOGG,

  AUTHOR OF “LION BEN OF ELM ISLAND,” “CHARLIE BELL OF ELM ISLAND,” “THE ARK OF ELM ISLAND,” “THE BOY FARMERS OF ELM ISLAND,” “THE HARD SCRABBLE OF ELM ISLAND,” ETC.

  BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.

  NEW YORK: LEE, SHEPARD & DILLINGHAM, 49 GREENE STREET.

  1871.

  Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by

  LEE AND SHEPARD,

  In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

  ELECTROTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY, 19 Spring Lane.

  PREFACE.

  THE natural progress of this series has brought us to a period in thehistory of our young friends, when, instead of labors in a measurevoluntary, pursued at home, amid home comforts, they toil for exactingmasters or the public, enter into competition with others, feel thepressure of responsibility, learn submission, and are tied down torigid rules and severe tasks. The manner in which they meet and sustainthese new and trying relations shows the stuff they are made of; thatthe fear of God in a young heart is a shield in the hour of temptation,the foundation of true courage, and the strongest incentive to manlyeffort; that he who does the best for his employer does the best forhimself; that the boy in whose character are the germs of sterlingworth, and a true manhood, will scorn to lead a useless life, eatthe bread he has not earned, and live upon the bounty of parents andfriends.

  _ELM ISLAND STORIES._

  1. LION BEN OF ELM ISLAND.

  2. CHARLIE BELL, THE WAIF OF ELM ISLAND.

  3. THE ARK OF ELM ISLAND.

  4. THE BOY FARMERS OF ELM ISLAND.

  5. THE YOUNG SHIP-BUILDERS OF ELM ISLAND.

  6. THE HARD-SCRABBLE OF ELM ISLAND.

  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. LEARNING A TRADE 9

  II. GUNNING ON THE OUTER REEFS 21

  III. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS 37

  IV. THE WEST WIND 53

  V. HAPS AND MISHAPS 71

  VI. PARSON GOODHUE AND THE WILD GANDER 89

  VII. CHARLIE GETS NEW IDEAS WHILE IN BOSTON 107

  VIII. NO GIVE UP TO CHARLIE 120

  IX. CHARLIE LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE 133

  X. WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE’S A WAY 146

  XI. POMP’S POND 152

  XII. CHARLIE UNCONSCIOUSLY PREFIGURES THE FUTURE 166

  XIII. BETTER LET SLEEPING DOGS ALONE 186

  XIV. VICTORY AT LAST 196

  XV. THE SURPRISER SURPRISED 207

  XVI. WHY CHARLIE DIDN’T WANT TO SELL THE WINGS OF THE MORNING 222

  XVII. CHARLIE EXPLORING THE COAST 236

  XVIII. CHARLIE BECOMES A FREEHOLDER 256

  XIX. CHARLIE IN THE SHIP-YARD 272

  XX. THE FIRST TROUBLE AND THE FIRST PRAYER 289

  THE YOUNG SHIP-BUILDERS OF ELM ISLAND.