The Light Keepers: A Story of the United States Light-house Service
by James Otis
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...'If I'm to fetch an' carry for this whole blessed crew, an' that at a time when the fish-cakes are like to be burned to a cinder, I'll send in a petition to the Board to have this 'ere stairway stretched till an ordinary man can get through without scrapin' the skin all off his shoulders, ' he said angrily, and Captain Eph replied, as he took the glasses from the huge hand which was extended toward him: ...'Me and my assistants believe it is our duty, though not so laid down in the rules and regulations, to make a special report because this morning a small boy came on to the ledge in a mot...
Chapters (22)
- THE LIGHT KEEPERS A STORY OF THE UNITED STATES LIGHT-HOUSE SERVICE
- CONTENTS.
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
- THE LIGHT KEEPERS.
- CHAPTER I. AN INVOLUNTARY VISITOR.
- CHAPTER II. SIDNEY HARLOW.
- CHAPTER III. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
- CHAPTER IV. REPAIRING THE MOTOR BOAT.
- CHAPTER V. A CLOSE SHAVE.
- CHAPTER VI. THE VOYAGE.
- CHAPTER VII. A LESSON ON BUOYS.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE SURPRISES.
- CHAPTER IX. THE WRECK.
- CHAPTER X. THE RESCUE.
- CHAPTER XI. "SONNY'S" OUTFIT.
- CHAPTER XII. MR. PETERS' MISHAP.
- CHAPTER XIII. A DISABLED CREW.
- CHAPTER XIV. NURSES AND LIGHT KEEPERS.
- CHAPTER XV. STORM-BOUND.
- CHAPTER XVI. AS IF FROM THE GRAVE.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE INSPECTOR.
- APPENDIX. EXTRACTS FROM OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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