All Adrift; Or, The Goldwing Club

by Oliver Optic

  CHAPTER XXX.

  CAPTAIN GILDROCK DILATES UPON HIS NOTABLE SCHEME.

  The first thing Corny Minkfield did was to apologize for his conduct thelast day he had been on board of the Goldwing. He was afraid then thatDory had been guilty of some offence which might get them all into ascrape. The skipper accepted the apology, and they were as good friendsas ever.

  "We are all invited up to Beech Hill," said Thad, when the difficultybetween the skipper and Corny had been healed.

  "Where is Beech Hill?" asked Dory, who had never heard the name before.

  "Don't you know the name of your uncle's place?" demanded Dick Short,laughing.

  "I never was there, and I never heard the name before."

  "We are going up in the Sylph from Plattsburgh to-night. CaptainGildrock is the bulliest man on the lake," said Nat Long.

  "He has got something in his head," added Thad. "He treats us fellowslike lords."

  "He asked my mother what I was going to do in the way of business; andshe told him she should get a place in a store for me as soon as I gotthrough school," said Corny. "You ought to have heard him talk then! Hesaid I was too much of a fellow to be a counter-jumper."

  "What is he driving at, Corny?" asked Dory.

  "I don't know: he didn't let on; but he has got something in his head."

  The skipper found that his fellow-members of the club knew no more abouthis scheme than he did himself. They had a very jolly time on the trip;but the wind was light, and the Goldwing did not arrive at herdestination until nearly dark. Dory hastened to the hotel to report tothe landlord, who was very glad to see him.

  "I am glad you have come; for there is a gentleman in the house who isvery anxious to see you, Dory," said the hotel-keeper.

  "Who is it, sir?"

  "It is Pearl Hawlinshed's father. When he heard that his son was introuble, he hastened back."

  Dory remembered that he had a secret to keep; and he said nothing,expressing no interest by word or look in the arrival of Mr. Hawlinshed.He asked about the party he was to take out the next morning, andlearned that it consisted of two young men from New-York City. They camein while he was at the counter, and he was introduced to them. Theyappeared to be very gentlemanly young men, and treated the skipper verypolitely.

  After they had talked a while about the trip, they expressed a desire tosee the boat; and Dory went with them to the wharf. They were pleasedwith the Goldwing, and directed Dory to procure the provisions and othersupplies for the cruise. They gave him a list of what they wanted, andDory could not help thinking of what his uncle said when he found "onegallon of best Bourbon whiskey" among the articles to be procured.

  On the other side of the wharf was the Sylph. The young men from NewYork manifested a great deal of interest in the magnificent craft, andwanted to see more of her. But visitors were not allowed on board, forher owner said he should as soon think of strangers coming into hishouse as into his yacht without an invitation. While the young men wereregretting that they could not see more of the beautiful craft, CaptainGildrock, with Dory's mother and sister, came down. At his nephew'srequest he invited the New Yorkers on board.

  Dory had never put his foot on board of the Sylph before, and he wasquite as much interested as his passengers. Mr. Jepson was directed toshow them through the yacht; but, after they had looked into theengine-room, Mr. Hawlinshed came down the wharf in search of Dory, whowas obliged to postpone his examination until another time.

  Mr. Hawlinshed took Dory's hand, but he appeared to be very sad. Hisson's trouble caused him a great deal of sorrow: in fact, the badconduct of Pearl was the bane of his life. He told Dory that he had soldhis farm in order to get his son away from his evil associates nearPlattsburgh. He had come to the conclusion that Pearl was worse than hiscompanions. He had done all he could to save him, and had failed. Hewas going into a new and sparsely settled region himself, and he hadhoped to take his son there; but Pearl would not go.

  "He wanted to buy the boat I have," said Dory. "He thinks you furnishedthe money, or at least induced me to buy her, to prevent him fromgetting her."

  "I knew he wanted to buy the Goldwing; for he had a long talk with meabout her the evening I first saw you, just as I was starting forPlattsburgh," continued Mr. Hawlinshed. "I think boating has been theruin of him. He used to go off with young men of dissolute habits, and Ithink this was what first led him astray. He insisted that I should givehim fifty dollars to buy the Goldwing. I refused to do it, and aftermuch violent talk he rushed away from me. You were present the next timewe met, Dory," said Mr. Hawlinshed.

  "Perhaps it would have been better if you had given him the money,"suggested Dory. "He took one hundred and fifty dollars from Mr. Moody'sroom, and I suppose he did it so that he could buy the boat."

  "I am afraid it would have made no difference," replied the sad fatherwith a sigh. "He said he could earn his living, and make some money withher; but it would only have been a career of dissipation for him. I hopeyou will not permit yourself to be led away while you are running theGoldwing."

  "I can't see for the life of me why Pearl did not buy the boat if hewanted her so badly," added Dory. "She is worth ten times what I paidfor her."

  "He expected to buy the boat for twenty or twenty-five dollars; and,when she went above that, he was mad. He did not believe you could payfor her, and that she would be put up for sale again, and he could gether at his own price. If you had told me you meant to buy a boat, Ishould have tried to dissuade you from it; but you would not tell me.You said it was your secret."

  "I was afraid you might object."

  "I should certainly. I should have sent the hundred dollars I gave youto your mother if I had known you meant to buy the Goldwing. You keptyour secret, and you have kept mine I suppose; for that terrible scenein the woods appears not to be known to any one but the three who werepresent at the time."

  "But my uncle and my mother believe there was something wrong about thatmoney," added Dory. "I think they believe I stole it, or took it fordoing something wrong."

  "Is that your uncle on board of the steamer?" asked Mr. Hawlinshed,indicating the captain, who had seated himself with his sister and nieceon the hurricane deck. "I wish you would introduce me to him, and I willsoon set you right."

  Dory conducted him to the presence of the captain and his mother, andintroduced him to both of them. Mr. Hawlinshed told the whole story ofhis relations with his unfortunate son, who was now in jail. He relatedthe particulars of the scene in the woods, and assured them that he hadgiven Dory one hundred and five dollars for the good service he hadrendered on that occasion.

  "I am very glad to have this matter cleared up," said Captain Gildrock.

  "I am happy now," added Mrs. Dornwood. "That money had worried me eversince I heard of it."

  "I should not have allowed your nephew to buy that boat if I had knownwhat he was going to do with the money," added Mr. Hawlinshed. "I thinkthat boats have been the ruin of my boy; and, when they are used to takeany and every body out for a frolic, they seem to me to be worse thanbar-rooms and other bad places," continued Mr. Hawlinshed.

  "My sentiments exactly!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, looking at Dory.

  "Of course I don't think there is any thing bad in the boat itself; butmy son was going to take out parties, and make a business of it. Somevery fair sort of men leave all their good behavior at home when they gooff on these boat-scrapes, and I don't like to have a boy of mine withthem at such times."

  Dory felt very uneasy during this conversation. He began to have hisdoubts about the business in which he had engaged. There was nothing badin the use of boats, but Captain Gildrock contended that a man ought tobe as careful in regard to whom he took into his boat as into his house.It was not the boat or the boating to which Mr. Hawlinshed and Dory'suncle objected, but only to the miscellaneous parties he would beobliged to take out in order to earn his living.

  Mr. Hawlinshed did not care to have the story of the scene in t
he woodsrepeated at this time; for it might make it go harder with Pearl on histrial. But those to whom he had told it were too glad to have Dory'ssecret cleared up to care any thing more about the matter, though theywere full of sympathy for the unhappy father.

  Mr. Hawlinshed went back to his hotel. The New Yorkers finished theirsurvey of the Sylph; and she soon left with the Goldwing Club, with theexception of Dory, on board. Not a word had been said in regard toCaptain Gildrock's plan.

  Dory slept on board of the Goldwing that night. The next morning hestarted with his passengers. They went over to Mallett's Bay first on afishing-excursion. When they got there, the skipper was astonished tofind that the polite young gentlemen from New York were too tipsy to usethe bait and lines he had procured. They drank all they could hold, andthen went to sleep. They had not told Dory where to go next, and heanchored to wait for further orders.

  At noon they both turned out, but it was only to drink till they weretipsy again. They insisted that the skipper should drink with them; but,when he asked them who was to take care of the boat if he did as theydid, they gave up the point. They remained in Mallett's Bay all thefirst day. The next morning they wanted to go to Missisquoi Bay, and theskipper sailed the Goldwing to that part of the lake. The second day waslike the first. On the third they had drank so much that they could notkeep up the debauch, and they gambled with props in the cabin.

  Dory was disgusted with his passengers; but, when he landed them inPlattsburgh, they were as sober and polite as though they had been withtheir mothers all the time. The skipper received his fifteen dollars,and that was all the satisfaction he got out of the cruise. He returnedto Burlington the next day, and spent the afternoon in looking foranother party at the hotels.

  There was no more business that week. The next week he got only ahalf-day job, taking a party of ladies and gentlemen across the lake.Three dollars was all he made that week; and he was beginning to bediscouraged when he received a postal from the Witherill House. It wasa fishing-party to Mallett's Bay. The young gentlemen from New York weresaints compared with his present passengers. They got crazy drunk; and,when a shower came up, they threatened to throw the skipper overboardbecause he anchored the boat to avoid a squall. Dory was afraid of hislife, and five dollars a day was no compensation for the misery heendured.

  Another week satisfied Dory that the business was a failure, for he didnot obtain a single fare. He went to his mother, and told her he had hadquite enough of it. He was ready to sell the boat, though the GoldwingClub had fine times in her when she was not engaged; and there wereplenty of fine times for them. He had been offered a place in adry-goods store, and he was willing to take it.

  "I think you had better see uncle Royal before you take the place," saidhis mother. "I have never sailed in the Goldwing, and Marian and I wouldlike to have you sail us up to Beech Hill."

  "What does uncle Royal want me to do, mother?" asked Dory, who suspectedthat the captain and his mother had something on their minds.

  "I don't know. You must let him speak for himself," replied Mrs.Dornwood.

  The next morning Dory took his mother and sister into the Goldwing, andsailed up to Beech Hill. His mother had to act as his pilot, for he didnot know how to take the boat from the river to the estate. LeavingBeaver River, he followed a narrow and crooked stream, though it wasvery deep, till he reached a small lake, on the shore of which stood thehouse of Captain Gildrock.

  The party received a warm welcome, and Mrs. Dornwood stated the businessthat had brought them to Beech Hill. Seated in the library, the greatquestion was opened for discussion and settlement.

  "Go into a store!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock. "There are more merchantsand traders in the country now than can get a living, and mercantilelife is a desperate struggle in these days. Be a mechanic, Theodore."

  "A mechanic!" exclaimed Mrs. Dornwood.

  "A mechanic, Patty," added the captain decidedly. "The first thing a boywants is an education, and the next is a good trade. I have beenthinking of this subject for years. Now I am going to tell you about myscheme. I want to help supply the country with good, educatedmechanics."

  "I don't think mechanics need much education, Royal," suggested Mrs.Dornwood.

  "There you are mistaken, Patty. What this country, especially theEastern and Middle States, needs more than any other class of men, iseducated mechanics,--skilled labor. Too many boys want to beshopkeepers, and wear fine clothes."

  "I should like to be a mechanic, uncle Royal," said Dory.

  "So would the other members of the Goldwing Club," continued CaptainGildrock. "Now I will tell you about my scheme. For the last year I havehad enrolled about a dozen of the young fellows of this vicinity asvolunteers on board of the Sylph. Jepson and I have been instructingthem in seamanship and mechanics. Jepson has instructed them in thescience of the steam-engine, so that they know all about the building ofone, though they haven't the practical skill to build one. They haveacted as engineers and firemen of the yacht; and every one of them iscompetent to run a marine engine, or any other."

  "Those were the young fellows that were pulling your boats that day,were they not?" asked Dory.

  "They were, Theodore. The only men I employ on board are the cook and awaiter, but I have required every one of these young men to learn to doplain cooking. All of them have served a term in the galley. I amcaptain, and Jepson is the first officer, of the Sylph. I have taughtthese students how a vessel or a boat is built, how to sail a boat or aship; I have instructed them in navigation, and required them to get thelatitude and longitude of every principal point on the lake; I havetaught them how to heave the log, and keep a vessel's dead reckoning; Ihave required them to survey portions of the lake, and make charts oftheir work. They have been greatly interested, and they have profited bytheir opportunities. Not one of them has rich parents, and all of themmust soon earn their own living; and you may be sure that not one ofthem will be a shopkeeper, a lawyer, a doctor, or a minister."

  "I should say that was first-rate," added Dory, with enthusiasm. "Isuppose some of them will be sailors."

  "About half of them have a desire to go to sea, and some of them havegot places as engineers, oilers, and firemen. Two of them will runstationary engines. I have done with them; for most of them were obligedto go to work, and take care of themselves."

  "Won't they go in the Sylph any more?" asked Dory.

  "I have done all I could for them, and so has Jepson. So far as ourteaching facilities are concerned, they have learned out. My new schemecontemplates doing the same work in a more thorough and practicalmanner. The trouble with my past crew was, that I did not have them morethan one day in a week; though we occasionally put in a week at a timein vacation, as at the time when I went down the lake to find you. Thatwas their last cruise; and they were discharged, so to speak, two weeksago."

  "Are you going to ship another crew like that, uncle Royal?" inquiredDory eagerly.

  "Not as I did the last one. I am going to establish a sort of practicalschool," replied the captain.

  "I should like to ship for one," added Dory.

  "I have had my eye on the members of the Goldwing Club, for they arejust the boys I desire to take. I don't want any sons of rich men. Iwant those who need looking after, and I think the Goldwings fill thebill. I shall take only half a dozen to begin with. I want them all tocome to Beech Hill, and live here. I won't take them on any other terms.I shall look out for their book-learning; but, at the same time, theboys must become carpenters and machinists. They must work at thesetrades, and others as the plan is enlarged. I shall keep them busy allday long, from one end of the year to the other. We shall build houses,boats, bridges, wharves, and eventually steam-engines, and various kindsof machinery. I expect to see the time, though it may not be for tenyears, when we can build a steamer like the Sylph, including her engine,and about every thing on board of her."

  "It seems to me you are laying out a great undertaking, Royal," saidMrs. Dornwood.

>   "If I can make honest and useful men out of even half a dozen boys likethe members of the Goldwing Club, who are in danger of going to ruin,my money will be well spent. A kind Providence permitted me to make afortune before I was forty-five, though I had to work hard for it. Ihave no wife, no children. I think I can realize more enjoyment from aportion of my money in this way than I can in any other. It is wholly tomy taste and fancy, this scheme of mine; and it holds out to me athousand times as much pleasure as any business enterprise I can thinkof. That's the whole of it, Patty."

  "It is a good deal better to use your fortune in that way than to riskit in speculating in stocks, as a great many rich men do," added Mrs.Dornwood sagely. "But it seems to me that you mean to work the boys veryhard,--from morning till night from one year's end to the other."

  "But I mean that they shall have abundance of recreation. They will bethe crew of the Sylph; they shall have hours for their games; they shallhave plenty of reading, both for recreation and for study: and if theydon't enjoy themselves from morning till night, and from one end of theyear to the other, it will be my fault as well as their own."

  "When will this thing begin?" asked Dory.

  "I intend to make a beginning by the first of September next. Patty, youmust move up to Beech Hill at once, now that Theodore has given up theboating-business. You may tell the other members of the Goldwing Cluball about my plan, my boy. I have seen the parents of some of them. Theycan see their friends as often as they please, and spend Sunday at homeif they wish. If you see any other boys like those of your club, you mayreport them to me; but don't ask them to come to the school, or hold outany inducements to them. I must pick the boys myself."

  "But I must take time to sell the boat I bought," suggested Dory.

  "You needn't sell her, Theodore. I have no sailboat of just her size,and she may be useful. Now keep cool, and remember that it will takesome time to get the school into running order, and fit up our shops.But we will begin the scholastic work at once, so that the boys will notlose what they have learned in school."

  Captain Gildrock talked about his plan till dinner-time; and the skipperof the Goldwing was so delighted with it, that he felt as though hewanted to fly. He went all over the estate at Beech Hill, and examinedthe boats with a professional eye. In the middle of the afternoon thefamily started for home in the schooner.

  In the evening Dory went to see all the members of the Goldwing Club,and their eyes were as big as saucers while they listened to the notablescheme of the retired shipmaster. They were quite as enthusiastic asDory over the idea. The next day their mothers had consented to theirjoining the embryo school, which was as yet without a name.

  Mrs. Dornwood gave up her house, and at the end of a week Dory sailedthe family up to their new home at Beech Hill. The other boys were tocome up on the first day of September, which was two weeks hence. Thoughthe Sylph was without a crew, the captain made up one, and they visitedvarious parts of the lake on business and for pleasure. Mr. Jepson, whohad first come to Beech Hill as the engineer of the steam-yacht, resumedhis old position. Dory was wheelman, and a couple of men who worked onthe place did duty as deck-hands. Dory liked this position as pilot evenbetter than sailing the Goldwing, though his services were often indemand as skipper of the schooner.

  For more than a year Dory had felt as though he were all adrift in theworld. He wanted to get some steady work by which he could help supportthe family. He had not succeeded very well. But now, for the first timesince he had come to think for himself, he did not feel as though he wasAll Adrift in the world. He was settled with the future before him, andhe was resolved that it should be filled with good work.

  He read in the newspaper that Pearl Hawlinshed had been sent to thestate prison for a year and a half; and he could not help thinking whata terrible thing it was for a young man who had a kind and devotedfather, whose existence had been bound up in him, to come to a bad end.

  Dory Dornwood was no longer "All Adrift;" and the Goldwing Club wereanchored with him. In another volume we shall look in upon them in their"Snug Harbor" as "The Champlain Mechanics."

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  "No hero of romance possesses greater power to charm the youthful readerthan the conqueror of Peru. Not even King Arthur, or Thaddeus of Warsaw,has the power to captivate the imagination of the growing boy. Mr. Towlehas handled his subject in a glowing but truthful manner; and weventure the assertion, that, were our children led to read such booksas this, the taste for unwholesome, exciting, wrong-teaching boys'books--dime novels in books' clothing--would be greatly diminished,to the great gain of mental force and moral purpose in the risinggeneration."--_Chicago Alliance._

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  MAGELLAN;

  OR, THE FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.

  "What more of romantic and spirited adventures any bright boy could wantthan is to be found in this series of historical biography, it isdifficult to imagine. This volume is written in a most sprightlymanner; and the life of its hero, Fernan Magellan, with its rapidstride from the softness of a petted youth to the sturdy courageand persevering fortitude of manhood, makes a tale of marvellousfascination."--_Christian Union._

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  MARCO POLO:

  HIS TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES.

  "The story of the adventurous Venetian, who six hundred years agopenetrated into India and Cathay and Thibet and Abyssinia, is pleasantlyand clearly told; and nothing better can be put into the hands of theschool boy or girl than this series of the records of noted travellers.The heroism displayed by these men was certainly as great as that evershown by conquering warrior; and it was exercised in a far noblercause,--the cause of knowledge and discovery, which has made thenineteenth century what it is."--_Graphic._

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  RALEGH:

  HIS EXPLOITS AND VOYAGES.

  "This belongs to the 'Young Folks' Heroes of History' series, and dealswith a greater and more interesting man than any of its predecessors.With all the black spots on his fame, there are few more brilliant andstriking figures in English history than the soldier, sailor, courtier,author, and explorer, Sir Walter Ralegh. Even at this distance of time,more than two hundred and fifty years after his head fell on thescaffold, we cannot read his story without emotion. It is graphicallywritten, and is pleasant reading, not only for young folks, but for oldfolks with young hearts."--_Woman's Journal._

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  DRAKE:

  THE SEA-LION OF DEVON.

  Drake was the foremost sea-captain of his age, the first English admiralto send a ship completely round the world, the hero of the magnificentvictory which the English won over the Invincible Armada. His career wasstirring, bold, and adventurous, from early youth to old age.

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  BOOKS OF TRAVEL.

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  OVER THE OCEAN;

  OR,

  SIGHTS AND SCENES IN FOREIGN LANDS.

  By CURTIS GUILD, editor of "The Boston Commercial Bulletin." Crown 8vo.Cloth. $2.50.

  "This is certainly a collection of some of the most perfect pen-picturesof sights and scenes in foreign lands we have ever seen."--_Albion._

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  ABROAD AGAIN;

  OR,

  FRESH FORAYS IN FOREIGN FIELDS.

  Uniform with "Over the Ocean." By the same author. Crown 8vo. Cloth.$2.50.

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  AN AMERICAN GIRL ABROAD.

  By Miss ADELINE TRAFTON, author of "His Inheritance," "Katherine Earle,"&c. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50.

  "'The American Girl' is a bright, good, merry-hearted girl, off for agood time; and her readers are of the opinion that the journey was adecided success."--_Liberal Christian._

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  BEATEN PATHS;

  OR,

  A WOMAN'S VACATION.

  By ELLA W. THOMPSON. 16mo. Cloth. $1.50.

  "The author seems to have hit on just the most charming things to see,and talks of them in a charming manner."--_Tribune._

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  A THOUSAND MILES' WALK ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA,

  OVER THE PAMPAS AND THE ANDES.

  By Nathaniel H. Bishop. 12mo. Illustrated. $1.50.

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  VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE.

  A Geographical Journey of Twenty-five Hundred Miles from Quebec to theGulf of Mexico. By the same author. With numerous illustrations and mapsspecially prepared for this work. Crown 8vo. $2.50.

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  FOUR MONTHS IN A SNEAK-BOX.

  A Boat-Voyage of Twenty-six Hundred Miles down the Ohio and MississippiRivers, and along the Gulf of Mexico. By the same author. With numerousmaps and illustrations. $2.50.

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  CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES.

  Being the Adventures of a Naturalist Bird-Hunting in the West IndiaIslands. By FRED A. OBER. Crown 8vo. With maps and illustrations. $2.50.

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  BOOKS FOR "OUR GIRLS."

  THE MAIDENHOOD SERIES.

  By Popular Authors.

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  SEVEN DAUGHTERS.

  By Miss A. M. DOUGLAS, Author of "In Trust," "Stephen Dane," "Claudia,""Sydnie Adriance," "Home Nook," "Nelly Kennard's Kingdom."

  12mo, cloth, illustrated. $1.50.

  "A charming romance of Girlhood," full of incident and humor. The "SevenDaughters" are characters which reappear in some of Miss Douglas' laterbooks. In this book they form a delightful group, hovering on the vergeof Womanhood, with all the little perplexities of home life and lovedreams as incidentals, making a fresh and attractive story.

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  OUR HELEN.

  By SOPHIE MAY. 12mo, cloth, illustrated. $1.50.

  "The story is a very attractive one, as free from the sensational andimpossible as could be desired, and at the same time full of interest,and pervaded by the same bright, cheery sunshine that we find in theauthor's earlier books. She is to be congratulated on the success of heressay in a new field of literature, to which she will be warmly welcomedby those who know and admire her 'Prudy Books.'"--_Graphic._

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  THE ASBURY TWINS.

  By SOPHIE MAY, Author of "The Doctor's Daughter," "Our Helen," &c. 12mo,cloth, illustrated. $1.50.

  "Has the ring of genuine genius, and the sparkle of a gem of the firstwater. We read it one cloudy winter day, and it was as good as a Turkishbath, or a three hours' soak in the sunshine."--_CooperstownRepublican._

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  THAT QUEER GIRL.

  By Miss VIRGINIA F. TOWNSEND, Author of "Only Girls," &c. 12mo, cloth,illustrated. $1.50.

  Queer only in being unconventional, brave and frank, an "old-fashionedgirl," and very sweet and charming. As indicated in the title, is alittle out of the common track, and the wooing and the winning are asqueer as the heroine. _The New Haven Register_ says: "Decidedly the bestwork which has appeared from the pen of Miss Townsend."

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  RUNNING TO WASTE.

  The Story of a Tomboy. By GEORGE M. BAKER. 16mo, cloth, illustrated.$1.50.

  "This book is one of the most entertaining we have read for a long time.It is well written, full of humor, and good humor, and it has not a dullor uninteresting page. It is lively and natural, and overflowing withthe best New England character and traits. There is also a touch ofpathos, which always accompanies humor, in the life and death of thetomboy's mother."--_Newburyport Herald._

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  DAISY TRAVERS;

  Or the Girls of Hive Hall. By ADELAIDE F. SAMUELS, Author of "Dick andDaisy Stories," "Dick Travers Abroad," &c. 16mo, cloth, illustrated.$1.50.

  The story of Hive Hall is full of life and action, and told in the samehappy style which made the earlier life of its heroine so attractive,and caused the Dick and Daisy books to become great favorites with theyoung. What was said of the younger books can, with equal truth, be saidof Daisy grown up.

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  _The above six books are furnished in a handsome box for $9.00, or soldseparate, by all booksellers, and sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt ofprice._

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