CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
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The Sloop that went to the Bottom	13
CHAPTER II.
The Young Man with a Long Name	23
CHAPTER III.
Mr. Bolingbroke Millweed tells his Story	34
CHAPTER IV.
The Goldwing anchors for the Night	44
CHAPTER V.
A Quarrel on Board of the Juniper	54
CHAPTER VI.
The Impulsive Assault of the Engineer	65
CHAPTER VII.
Bolingbroke Millweed out of a Place	76
CHAPTER VIII.
Pupils for the Beech-Hill Industrial School	87
CHAPTER IX.
The Volunteer Helmsman and his Movements	97
CHAPTER X.
The Battle near Garden Island	107
CHAPTER XI.
The Master-Carpenter disposes of his Prisoner	117
CHAPTER XII.
Captain Gildrock’s First Lesson in Navigation	128
CHAPTER XIII.
Handling a Steamer in a Fog	138
CHAPTER XIV.
The Strong-Room at the Beech-Hill Industrial School	148
CHAPTER XV.
Something about the Affairs of the Millweed Family	159
CHAPTER XVI.
The Organization of the Ship’s Company	170
CHAPTER XVII.
The Officers and Crew of the Sylph	180
CHAPTER XVIII.
Another Battle at Plattsburg	190
CHAPTER XIX.
Something that happened on Shore	201
CHAPTER XX.
The New Head of the Millweed Family	212
CHAPTER XXI.
Captain Gildrock argues against High-Schools	223
CHAPTER XXII.
The Champlain Mechanics in the Shop	234
CHAPTER XXIII.
Something about Tools and Work	244
CHAPTER XXIV.
Work for the Head and the Hands	255
CHAPTER XXV.
The Second Class at the Carpenter’s Bench	266
CHAPTER XXVI.
The End of the First School-Day at Beech Hill	277
CHAPTER XXVII.
Oscar Chester takes a Lesson in Boating	288
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Upsetting of the Monkey and its Lesson	299
CHAPTER XXIX.
An Afternoon in the Machine-Shop	310
CHAPTER XXX.
What the Students found at Thompson’s Point	320