Outward Bound - Or, Young America Afloat by Oliver Optic
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Shuffles.
"I thought you had been working for a place in the cabin." "So I have, but I don't expect to get it. I never studied so hard in my life, and I believe I haven't had a bad mark since I came on board, Lowington thinks I have reformed," laughed Shuffles. "And so I have." "What do you want to get up a mutiny for, then?" "I shall not, if I get a decent position; if I don't, I'm going in for some fun." "But do you really think of getting up a mutiny?" asked Wilton, curiously. "I was thinking the other day what a fine thing it would be if our fellows had the ship all to themselves." "What could we do with her?" "Go on a cruise in her." "We couldn't handle her; there is hardly a fellow on board that knows anything about navigation." "Of course, I don't mean to do anything yet a while; not this year, perhaps. One of these days, if we stay on board, we shall know all about a ship. Fifteen or twenty of the fellows are studying navigation. We are going to Europe some time or other. When we do, we can take the ship, |
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