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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Seek and Find, by Oliver Optic 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: Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy Author: Oliver Optic Release Date: December 31, 2008 [EBook #27666] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SEEK AND FIND *** Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: Starry Flag Series Oliver Optic] [Illustration: ERNEST SWIMS FOR THE DESPATCH BARREL.--Page 270] SEEK AND FIND; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A SMART BOY. BY OLIVER OPTIC, AUTHOR OF "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD," "THE ARMY AND NAVY STORIES," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," "THE BOAT-CLUB STORIES," "THE RIVERDALE STORIES," ETC. BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by WILLIAM T. ADAMS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY WILLIAM T. ADAMS. _All rights reserved._ SEEK AND FIND. =TO= My Young Friend, _ALICE LEE GOOKIN_, =This Book= IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED. PREFACE. "SEEK AND FIND" is the third of the serial stories published in "OUR BOYS AND GIRLS," where it appeared as the sequel of "BREAKING AWAY." The author had no more reason to complain of its reception than of that accorded to its predecessors; and he returns his sincere thanks to all those young friends who have written hundreds of letters to him, containing the most generous commendation, with an occasional criticism, which was by no means unwelcome. Ernest Thornton is a smart boy--perhaps he is too smart; but his smartness is not worldly cunning; it is made up of those elements of character which constitute a noble and true man--good judgment, quick perception, and manly decision, mingled with those moral and religious attributes which are the leading
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