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Title: No Moss
The Career of a Rolling Stone
Author: Harry Castlemon
Release Date: July 22, 2010 [EBook #33226]
Language: English
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_THE GO-AHEAD SERIES._
NO MOSS;
OR,
THE CAREER OF A ROLLING STONE
BY HARRY CASTLEMON
AUTHOR OF "THE GUN-BOAT SERIES," "THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES," ETC.
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
PHILADELPHIA
CHICAGO, TORONTO
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
R. W. CARROLL & CO.,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States,
for the Southern District of Ohio.
COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY CHARLES A. FOSDICK.
CONTENTS.
I. FIRE QUARTERS
II. SAM BARTON'S HARBORING PLACE
III. A NEW PLAN
IV. TOM IN TROUBLE
V. ATKINS REFUSES DUTY
VI. THE GOVERNOR'S STRATEGY
VII. THE GOVERNOR STORMS THE REBELS
VIII. CROSSING THE SHOALS
IX. JOHNNY HARDING'S VISITORS
X. A STRANGE ENCOUNTER
XI. TOM'S SPLENDID IDEA
XII. HOW IT RESULTED
XIII. CRUSOE AFLOAT AGAIN
XIV. THE PHANTOM SCHOONER
XV. TOM HAS ANOTHER IDEA
XVI. JOHNNY IS MISTAKEN FOR AN ENEMY
XVII. THE BATTLE AT THE BRIDGE
XVIII. THE ROBBERS ARE PUNISHED
XIX. THE ARMY AND NAVY
XX. A CHAPTER OF INCIDENTS
XXI. CONCLUSION
NO MOSS,
OR,
THE CAREER OF A ROLLING STONE.
CHAPTER I.
FIRE QUARTERS.
"Four bells, sir!" reported the messenger-boy, to the officer who had
charge of the deck of the Storm King.
"Very good. Quartermaster, make it so."
The silvery tones of the little bell rang through the vessel, and
immediately there began a great noise and hubbub on the berth-deck,
which, but a moment before, had been so quiet and orderly. Songs, shouts
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