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_THE PLEASANT COVE SERIES._
THE YOUNG DELIVERERS OF PLEASANT COVE.
BY ELIJAH KELLOGG,
AUTHOR OF "LION BEN OF ELM ISLAND," "CHARLIE BELL, THE WAIF OF ELM ISLAND," "THE ARK OF ELM ISLAND," "THE BOY-FARMERS OF ELM ISLAND," "THE YOUNG SHIP-BUILDERS OF ELM ISLAND," "THE HARD-SCRABBLE OF ELM ISLAND," "ARTHUR BROWN, THE YOUNG CAPTAIN."
_ILLUSTRATED._
BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS. NEW YORK: LEE, SHEPARD AND DILLINGHAM, NOS. 47 AND 49 GREENE STREET. 1872.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, By LEE AND SHEPARD, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Electrotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry, 19 Spring Lane.
The Pleasant Cove Series.
TO BE COMPLETED IN SIX VOLS.
1. ARTHUR BROWN, THE YOUNG CAPTAIN.
2. THE YOUNG DELIVERERS.
(Others in Preparation.)
PREFACE.
Courage to dare, fortitude to endure, enterprise to accumulate, andprudence to retain, are qualities that, however valuable in themselves,when in excess impart to character a coloring dry, hard, and evenrender it repulsive. But if beneath the exuberance of young life wedetect the germs of those sympathies that, travelling beyond the limitsof self, recognizing the common bond that links all humanity, holdsfellowship with the joys and sorrows of others; that true nobility ofsoul, not derived from without, but existing within, and ennoblingwhatever it touches,--it is then that youth becomes most attractive,its efforts win sympathy, its example is contagious. With ability toaccumulate, pluck to dare, and under the influence of the principlesreferred to, these young deliverers consecrate themselves to a highpurpose, encounter peril and fatigue to break the fetters of theirhumble friend, and restore him to his country and friends.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
CHAPTER I. THE OVEN. 9
CHAPTER II. NED PROPOSES TO IMPROVE THE DIVINE PLAN. 23
CHAPTER III. THE BOYS CONSCIOUS OF HIGHER AIMS. 38
CHAPTER IV. GABRIEL QUESNARD. 50
CHAPTER V. THE YANKEE BOYS' HOLIDAY IN PROVENCE. 67
CHAPTER VI. THE POWER OF ASSOCIATION. 83
CHAPTER VII. YANKEE INGENUITY AMONG THE PEASANTS. 105
CHAPTER VIII. THE LAST DAY WITH THE PEASANTS. 130
CHAPTER IX. THE MISTRAL. 142
CHAPTER X. THE INFERNAL. 164
CHAPTER XI. A STARTLING DISCLOSURE. 182
CHAPTER XII. THE NOBLE VOLUNTEERS. 208
CHAPTER XIII. CAPTAIN RHINES AND DICK CAMERON. 222
CHAPTER XIV. WALTER AND HENRI LEMAIRE. 238
CHAPTER XV. VAUCLIN. 259
CHAPTER XVI. "O, MASSA, BUCKRA CALKER!" 283
CHAPTER XVII. DELIVERED. 298
THE YOUNG DELIVERERS
OF
PLEASANT COVE.