Chapter I: Front Matter

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A CADET OF THE BLACK STAR LINE

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THE SCRIBNER SERIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

EACH WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR

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THE MODERN VIKINGS By H. H. Boyesen

WILL SHAKESPEARE'S LITTLE LAD By Imogen Clark

THE BOY SCOUT and Other Stories for Boys STORIES FOR BOYS By Richard Harding Davis

HANS BRINKER, or The Silver Skates By Mary Mapes Dodge

THE HOOSIER SCHOOL-BOY By Edward Eggleston

THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR By William Henry Frost

WITH LEE IN VIRGINIA WITH WOLFE IN CANADA REDSKIN AND COWBOY UNDER DRAKE'S FLAG, a Tale of the Spanish Main By G. A. Henty

AT WAR WITH PONTIAC By Kirk Munroe

TOMMY TROT'S VISIT TO SANTA CLAUS and A CAPTURED SANTA CLAUS By Thomas Nelson Page

THE FULLBACK By Lawrence Perry

BOYS OF ST. TIMOTHY'S By Arthur Stanwood Pier

KIDNAPPED TREASURE ISLAND BLACK ARROW By Robert Louis Stevenson

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ON THE OLD KEARSARGE IN THE WASP'S NEST By Cyrus Townsend Brady

THE BOY SETTLERS THE BOYS OF FAIRPORT By Noah Brooks

THE CONSCRIPT OF ISIS By Erckmann-Chatrian

A CADET OF THE BLACK STAR LINE THE STEAM-SHOVEL MAN By Ralph D. Paine

THE MOUNTAIN DIVIDE By Frank H. Spearman

THE STRANGE GRAY CANOE By Paul G. Tomlinson

THE ADVENTURES OF A FRESHMAN By J. L. Williams

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THE HALLOWELL PARTNERSHIP By Katharine Holland Brown

MY WONDERFUL VISIT By Elizabeth Hill

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CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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A CADET OF THE BLACK STAR LINE

by

RALPH D. PAINE

Author of "College Years," "The Head Coach," "The Fugitive Freshman," etc.

Illustrated by George Varian

New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1922

Copyright, 1910, by Charles Scribner's Sons

Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I. Oil Upon the Waters 3

II. The Sea Waifs 23

III. The Fire-Room Gang 43

IV. Mr. Cochran's Temper 63

V. Mid Fog and Ice 83

VI. The Missing Boat 102

VII. The Bonds of Sympathy 121

VIII. Yankee Topsails 140

IX. Captain Bracewell's Ship 161

X. The Call of Duty 179

ILLUSTRATIONS

"She can't last much longer. Lay into it, my buckos!" _Frontispiece_

Facing page

Some one was kneeling on his chest, with a choking grip on his neck 50

It was easy work to get alongside and pass them a line 110

David gazed down at the white deck of the _Sea Witch_ 194

A CADET OF THE BLACK STAR LINE