Held Fast For England

Contents

Preface.
Chapter 1: "Something Like An Adventure."
Chapter 2: A Great Change.
Chapter 3: An Unexpected Journey.
Chapter 4: Preparations For A Voyage.
Chapter 5: A French Privateer.
Chapter 6: The Rock Fortress.
Chapter 7: Troubles Ahead.
Chapter 8: The Siege Begins.
Chapter 9: The Antelope.
Chapter 10: A Cruise In A Privateer.
Chapter 11: Cutting Out A Prize.
Chapter 12: A Rich Prize.
Chapter 13: Oranges And Lemons.
Chapter 14: A Welcome Cargo.
Chapter 15: Bob's Mission.
Chapter 16: A Cruise In The Brilliant.
Chapter 17: The Floating Batteries.



Chapter 1: "Something Like An Adventure."


Had Mr. Tulloch, the headmaster and proprietor of a large school at
Putney, been asked which was the most troublesome boy in his
school, he would probably have replied, without hesitation, "Bob
Repton."

But, being a just and fair-minded man, he would have hastened to
qualify this remark, by adding:

"Most troublesome, but by no means the worst boy. You must
understand that. He is always in scrapes, always in mischief. In
all my experience I have never before come across a boy who had
such an aptitude for getting into trouble; but I have nothing else
to say against him. He is straightforward and manly. I have never
known him to tell a lie, to screen himself. He is an example to
many others in that way. I like the boy, in spite of the endless
trouble he gives, and yet there is scarcely a day passes that I am
not obliged to cane him; and even that does him no good, as far as
I can see, for he seems to forget it, five minutes after it is
over. I wonder, sometimes, if he has really got hardened, and
doesn't feel it.