Cast away in the cold : an old man's story of a young man's adventures, as related by Captain John Hardy, mariner . ves the Ingenuity of Seals, and shows that the Great Polar Bear is no Respecter of Persons 162 CHAPTER XV. Shows, among other Curious Matters, that two Boys are bet-ter THAN ONE, AND THAT PlUCK IS A GoOD THING, ESPECIALLY WHEN Polar Bears are around 177 CHAPTER XVI. Covers a Long Period of Time, and shows, among other Things, how a Race may be lost at Both Ends 191 CHAPTER XVII. A very Peculiar Person appears and disappears, and the Cast-aways are filled alternately with Hope and
Cast away in the cold : an old man's story of a young man's adventures, as related by Captain John Hardy, mariner . ves the Ingenuity of Seals, and shows that the Great Polar Bear is no Respecter of Persons 162 CHAPTER XV. Shows, among other Curious Matters, that two Boys are bet-ter THAN ONE, AND THAT PlUCK IS A GoOD THING, ESPECIALLY WHEN Polar Bears are around 177 CHAPTER XVI. Covers a Long Period of Time, and shows, among other Things, how a Race may be lost at Both Ends 191 CHAPTER XVII. A very Peculiar Person appears and disappears, and the Cast-aways are filled alternately with Hope and Fear . 207 CHAPTER XVIII. A Number of Peculiar People appear, and the Castaways disap-pear FROM THE Rock of Good Hope ... . 222 VI CONTENTS. CHAPTER XIX The Peculiar People proving to be Savages, the CastawaysSEIZE THE First Opportunity to leave them, not relishingTHEIR Company 238 CHAPTER XX Brings the Holidays of the Little People and the Story of THE Old Man to an End ..,..,.. 254 CAST AWAY IN THE COLD, CHAPTER I. Relates how an Ancient Mariner met three Little People and prom-ised THEM A Little BRIGHT sun shone on thelittle village of Rockdale; abright glare was on the littlebay close by, as on a silvermirror. Three bright childrenwere descending by a windingpath towards the little village ;a bright old man was comingup from the little village by thesame path, meeting them. The three children were namedWilliam Earnest, Fred Frazer,and Alice. Ahce was WilliamEarnests sister, while FredFrazer was his cousin. WilliamEarnest was the eldest, and hewas something more than elevenand something less than twelveyears old. His cousin FredFrazer was nearly a year young-er, while his sister Alice wasa little more than two years 2 CAST AWAY IN THE COLD. younger still. Fred Frazer was on a holiday visit to his rela-tives, it being vacation time from school; and the three chil-dren were ready for any kind of adventure, and for every sortof fun. The children saw the old man before
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