Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 401
had been on board the Hectorabout six months, he got a short letter, which pleasedhim more than anything in the letter line he had everreceived. This told him that, as his friends hadbecome convinced that he was really very muchattached to a life on the sea, and that as his officershad reported… … HE PICKED IT UP AND HURLED IT INTO THE SEA. stay on board the ship, where he had made somefriends, and where he was getting on a good dealbetter than any other ship-boy. For the under-officers soon found out that Tom was made of betterstuff than the other boys, and they could not helpthinking, too,…
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