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Dick Cheveley: His Adventures and Misadventures (Classic Reprint)
Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures - Classic Reprint Author:William Henry Giles Kingston DICK CHEVELEY HIS ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES. CHAPTER I. Some account of my family, including Aunt Deb-My father receives an offer-A family discussion, in which Aunt Deb distinguishes herself-Her opinions and. mine differ considerably-My desire to go to sea haunts my dreams-My brother Ned's counsel-1 go a-nshing in Leighton Park-I meet with an... more » accident-My career nearly cut short-A battle with a swan, in which I get the worst of it-A courageous mother-Mark Riddle to the rescue-An awkward fix:-Mark finds a way out of it-Old Roger's cottage- The Riddle family-Roger Riddle's yarns and their effect on me- Mark takes a different view-It's not all gold that glittery-The model-My reception at home. We were all seated round the tca-taDle, that is to say, my father and mother, my five sisters, and three of my elder brothers, who were*at home-two were away-and the same number of young ones, who wore pinafores, and last, but not least, Aunt Deb, who was my mother's aunt, and lived with
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CONTENTS; CHAPTER I; PAGE; Sonic account of my family, including Aunt Deb-My father receives an offer-A family discussion, in which Aunt Deb distinguishes herself-Her opinions and mine differ considerably-My desire to go to sea haunts my dreams-My brother Ned's counsel--I go n-fishing in Leighton Park-I meet with an accident-My career nearly cutshort-A battle with a swan, in which I get the worst of it-A courageous mother-Mark Riddle to the rescue-An awkward fix- Mark finds a way out of it-Old Roger's cottage-The Riddle family-Roger Riddle's yarns and their effect on me -Mark lakes a different view -It's not all gold that glitters -The model-My reception at home; CHAPTER II; Aunt Deb's lecture, and what came of it-My desire to go to sea still further increases-My father, to satisfy me, visits Leighton Hall-Our interview with Sir Reginald Knowslcy- Some description of Leighton Hall and what wc saw there- The magistrate's« less