{"product_id":"2940013289062","title":"By Conduct And Courage","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAP.                                              Page\u003cbr\u003e      I.   AN ORPHAN                                    11\u003cbr\u003e     II.   IN THE KING’S SERVICE                        32\u003cbr\u003e    III.   A SEA-FIGHT                                  53\u003cbr\u003e     IV.   PROMOTED                                     75\u003cbr\u003e      V.   A PIRATE HOLD                                96\u003cbr\u003e     VI.   A NARROW ESCAPE                             119\u003cbr\u003e    VII.   AN INDEPENDENT COMMAND                      137\u003cbr\u003e   VIII.   A SPLENDID HAUL                             157\u003cbr\u003e     IX.   A SPELL ASHORE                              178\u003cbr\u003e      X.   BACK AT SCARCOMBE                           197\u003cbr\u003e     XI.   CAPTIVES AMONG THE MOORS                    212\u003cbr\u003e    XII.   BACK ON THE “TARTAR”                        234\u003cbr\u003e   XIII.   WITH NELSON                                 250\u003cbr\u003e    XIV.   THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE                  264\u003cbr\u003e     XV.   ESCAPED                                     284\u003cbr\u003e    XVI.   A DARING EXPLOIT                            300\u003cbr\u003e   XVII.   ON BOARD THE “JASON”                        321\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII.   ST. VINCENT AND CAMPERDOWN                  342\u003cbr\u003e    XIX.   CONCLUSION                                  362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                AN ORPHAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wandering musician was a rarity in the village of Scarcombe. In fact,\u003cbr\u003esuch a thing had not been known in the memory of the oldest inhabitant.\u003cbr\u003eWhat could have brought him here? men and women asked themselves. There\u003cbr\u003ewas surely nobody who could dance in the village, and the few coppers he\u003cbr\u003ewould gain by performing on his violin would not repay him for his\u003cbr\u003etrouble. Moreover, Scarcombe was a bleak place, and the man looked sorely\u003cbr\u003eshaken with the storm of life. He seemed, indeed, almost unable to hold\u003cbr\u003eout much longer; his breath was short, and he had a hacking cough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the surprise of the people, he did not attempt to play for their\u003cbr\u003eamusement or to ask, in any way, for alms. He had taken a lodging in the\u003cbr\u003ecottage of one of the fishermen, and on fine days he would wander out with\u003cbr\u003ehis boy, a child some five years old, and, lying down on the moorland,\u003cbr\u003ewould play soft tunes to himself. So he lived for three weeks; and then\u003cbr\u003ethe end came suddenly. The child ran out one morning from his room crying\u003cbr\u003eand saying that daddy was asleep and he could not wake him, and on the\u003cbr\u003efisherman going in he saw that life had been extinct for some hours.\u003cbr\u003eProbably it had come suddenly to the musician himself, for there was found\u003cbr\u003eamong his scanty effects no note or memorandum giving a clue to the\u003cbr\u003eresidence of the child’s friends, or leaving any direction concerning him.\u003cbr\u003eThe clergyman was, of course, called in to advise as to what should be\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003edone. He was a kind-hearted man, and volunteered to bury the dead musician\u003cbr\u003ewithout charging any fees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the funeral another question arose. What was to be done with the\u003cbr\u003echild?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was a fine-looking, frank boy, who had grown and hardened beyond his\u003cbr\u003eyears by the life he had led with his father. Fifteen pounds had been\u003cbr\u003efound in the dead man’s kit. This, however, would fall to the share of the\u003cbr\u003eworkhouse authorities if they took charge of him. A sort of informal\u003cbr\u003ecouncil was held by the elder fishermen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It is hard on the child,” one of them said. “I have no doubt his father\u003cbr\u003eintended to tell him where to find his friends, but his death came too\u003cbr\u003esuddenly. Here is fifteen pounds. Not much good, you will say; and it\u003cbr\u003eisn’t. It might last a year, or maybe eighteen months, but at the end of\u003cbr\u003ethat time he would be as badly off as he is now.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Maybe John Hammond would take him,” another suggested. “He lost his boat\u003cbr\u003eand nets three weeks ago, and though he has a little money saved up, it is\u003cbr\u003enot enough to replace them. Perhaps he would take the child in return for\u003cbr\u003ethe fifteen pounds. His old woman could do with him, too, and would soon\u003cbr\u003emake him a bit useful. John himself is a kind-hearted chap, and would\u003cbr\u003etreat him well, and in a few years the boy would make a useful nipper on\u003cbr\u003eboard his boat.”","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176645443824,"sku":"2940013289062","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013289062_p0.jpg?v=1763578908","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013289062","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}