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A GREAT EMERGENCY

AND OTHER TALES.

BY

JULIANA HORATIA EWING.

LONDON:

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,

NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.
BRIGHTON: 129, NORTH STREET.
NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.

[Published under the direction of the General Literature Committee.]

 

 

 

DEDICATED TO

JOHN,

LORD BISHOP OF FREDERICTON,

AND TO HIS DEAR WIFE

MARGARET,

IN PLEASANT AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF

NEW BRUNSWICK,

BY J.H.E.

CONTENTS.

A GREAT EMERGENCY  
CHAP   
I   Rupert's Lectures—The Old Yellow Leather Book
II   Henrietta—A Family Chronicle—The School Mimic—My First Fight
III   School Cricket—Lemon-Kali—The Boys' Bridge—An Unexpected Emergency
IV   A Doubtful Blessing—A Family Failing—Old Battles—The Canal-Carrier's Home
V   The Navy Captain—Seven Parrots in a Fuchsia Tree—The Harbour Lion and the Silver Chain—The Legless Giants—Down Below—Johnson's Wharf
VI   S. Philip and S. James—The Monkey-Barge and the Dog—War, Plague, and Fire—The Dulness of Everyday Life
VII   We Resolve to Run Away—Scruples—Baby Cecil—I Prepare—I Run Away
VIII  We Go on Board—The Pie—An Explosion—Mr. Rowe the Barge-Master—The White Lion—Two Letters—We Doubt Mr. Rowe's Good Faith
IX   A Coasting Voyage—Musk Island—Linnet Flash—Mr. Rowe an Old Tar—The Dog-Fancier at Home
X   Locks—We Think of Going on the Tramp—Pyebridge—We Set Sail
XI   Mr. Rowe on Barge-Women—The River—Nine Elms—A Mysterious Noise—Rough Quarters—A Cheap Supper—John's Berth—We Make Our Escape—Out into the World
XII   Emergencies and Policemen—Fenchurch Street Station—Third Class to Custom House—A Ship Forest
XIII   A Dirty Street—A Bad Boy—Shipping and M
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