"The boat was suddenly caught up by a huge wave,
and hurled into a chaos of broken water."—Page 222.
Two Sailor Lads.
A STORY OF
STIRRING ADVENTURES ON SEA AND LAND
BY
GORDON STABLES, M.D., C.M.
(Surgeon, Royal Navy),
AUTHOR OF "FOR ENGLAND, HOME, AND BEAUTY;"
"IN THE DASHING DAYS OF OLD;" "ON TO THE RESCUE;"
ETC. ETC.
"The story of my life,
Even from my boyish days
To the very moment that he bade me tell it."
NEW EDITION.
JOHN F. SHAW AND CO., LTD.,
Publishers,
3, PILGRIM STREET, LONDON, E.C.
CONTENTS.
CHAP.
I. "Hush! Do you Hear that Cry? What can it be?"
II. "But Looking Back, Boys, it is all Like a Dream"
III. An Aimless Life—Peace at Last
IV. Sitting up to Think—The Dignity of Labour
V. At the Fisherman's Cave—Fred's Aquarium
VI. Taking Tea inside a Whale—The strange Storyof the Stranded Leviathan
VII. "Five Years Ago this very Night"
VIII. Pleasant Surprises—Frank's Yacht—The Launchof the "Water-Baby"
IX. Playing at Being Pirates—A Storm at Sea—TheWreck
X. On the Desert Island—Toddie's Adventure onthe Cliff—the Bonfire
XI. "Friends for Life"—Round the Camp Fire
XII. That Awful Night at Sea—A Ride for PreciousLife
XIII. "A Strange, Strange Story," said Frank. "IWonder how it will all End"
XIV. "Duty, Lad, Duty. Stick to it through Thickand Thin"
XV. The Good Ship "San Salvador."—A Mystery ofthe Southern Seas
XVI. Deakin and Co. and the Lost Brig "Resolute"
XVII. Southward Ho! to the Sea of Ice
XVIII. Señor Sarpinto<