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Charlie Scott, by Unknown
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Title: Charlie Scott or, There's Time Enough
Author: Unknown
Release Date: May 10, 2008 [EBook #25415]
Language: English
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CHARLIE SCOTT;
OR,
THERE'S TIME ENOUGH.
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY,
56, PATERNOSTER ROW; 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, AND 164, PICCADILLY.
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[Illustration: CHARLIE RESCUED.]
CHAPTER I.
A SHIP AT LAST.
"This has been a hard month for me," thought Morley Scott, the pilot, as he stood shading his eyes from the sun, and gazing anxiously out at sea. He hoped to have caught a glimpse of ships in the distance, for the winds had been very contrary lately. Many ships had been obliged to pass by the harbour, unable to get in, and the pilots had found very little to do.
"That looks well," he thought, brightening up, as he saw a busy little steam-tug puffing along with a ship in tow; he knew a pilot would soon be wanted to bring it safely into the docks. He had not stood