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Title: The White Squall
A Story of the Sargasso Sea

Author: John Conroy Hutcheson

Illustrator: J. Schonberg

Release Date: April 15, 2007 [EBook #21088]

Language: English

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The White Squall, by John Conroy Hutcheson
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Tom is a thirteen year-old whose father is a Naval Officer on
the half-pay list. This dates the events, for Tom has read two
of Captain Marryatt's books, which were published in the 1830s,
while his father would have been recalled to duty in time for
the Crimean War, so we'll put the date down as the 1840s.

The action starts in the West Indies, where Tom's father has
bought a property. Tom has an accident on his way to meet his
father on the way from a short visit to another island. Tom is to
be sent to an English school, and on his recovery he is taken
down to the harbour, and put in charge of a ship's Captain.

The journey back to England has every misadventure that can be
thought of, including a White Squall, which we would probably
today call a Line Squall. The vessel is capsized. How do they
recover it?

Eventually they arrive in England. And that is the end of the
story, which really is an introduction to ships for young
persons of about thirteen years of age.

It isn't too long, and you'll enjoy it.
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THE WHITE SQUALL, BY JOHN CONROY HUTCHESON

CHAPTER ONE.

MOUNT PLEASANT.

"Jake!"

"Dat me, Mass' Tom."

"Have you heard the gun fire yet?"

"Golly, no, Mass' Tom."

"Then you must go up the hill at once and see whether the mail steamer
has been signalled or not. She ought to have been in sight by now; for,
she's been expected since early this morning, and we're all anxious
about the news from England."

"All right, Mass' Tom, me go for see, suah."

"Look alive then, Jake, and lose no more time in starting. Let me just
see how quickly you can get up to