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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Powder Monkey, by George Manville Fenn This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Powder Monkey Author: George Manville Fenn Illustrator: Ambrose Dudley Release Date: May 8, 2007 [EBook #21362] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE POWDER MONKEY *** Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England The Powder Monkey, by George Manville Fenn. ________________________________________________________________________ This is a very short book, probably intended for a younger market than most of Fenn's books. An old seaman finds a ragged and hungry young boy, to whom he talks, finding out that the boy was being brought up by an aunt and her brother. The uncle used to beat the boy too severely to bear, and he had run away from home. The seaman, Jack Jeens, decides to take charge of the boy, but both of them are taken by the press-gang, and end up serving on HMS Victory. The boy, Phil Leigh, gets on well with the other seamen, but is especially fond of Jack. At first he doesn't get on well with the other ship's boys, but one day they are chasing each other round the rigging, and one of the boys, Tom Dodds, falls. Phil is made, as a punishment for causing the fall, to be Tom's nurse, for Tom has broken his leg badly. In the next scene we find ourselves in the midst of the Battle of Trafalgar, and Phil's protector, Jack, is very badly wounded, so now Phil has a second person to nurse. In the final scene we are back in Portsmouth, where the Aunt appears, and tells Phil that the Uncle has gone away, and that he should come home. Phil is unwilling to leave Jack, but the Aunt promises to have him come with them, and be nursed at her house, so that is where the story is complete. ________________________________________________________________________ THE POWDER MONKEY, BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. CHAPTER ONE. "Hi-lo!" The little boy raised his head with a sudden start. "Hilli--hi--ho! What cheer?" The little fellow started to his feet from where he had been sitting upon a sloping bank, and caught at the bars of the gate close by. He said nothing, but stared through th
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