GENTLEMAN JACK.

Neale, William Johnson.

London-Printed by Ibotson and Palmer, Savoy Street.

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A NAVAL STORY.

BY THE AUTHOR OF

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CAVENDISH," "FLYING DUTCHMAN," WILL WATCH," ETC.

GENTLEMAN JACK.

CHAPTER I.

Theirs the wild life no obligation binds,
Free as the waves-unfettered as the winds;
Death cannot daunt their ever-daring toil,
And every foe by turns must yield them spoil.

On the arrival at Calcutta of the Indiaman on board which Mrs. Pipes had embarked, she learnt that the usual port of rendezvous for the Chance, was the Cape of Good Hope. This induced her, with as little delay as possible, to procure a passage in the Hoogly, where, as my readers know, destiny had also placed poor Mrs.

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