Jack Harkaways Boy Tinker Among The Turks

Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker
Among The Turks, by

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Title: Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number
Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series
Author: Bracebridge Hemyng
Release Date: January 9, 2007 [EBook #20320]
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[Illustration: "'HEAVEN ABOVE!' EJACULATED JACK; 'WHY IT'S
MR. MOLE.'"
JACK HARKAWAY AND HIS BOY TINKER. VOL.

II.--Frontispiece]

JACK HARKAWAY'S BOY TINKER AMONG THE TURKS
BEING THE CONCLUSION OF THE "ADVENTURES OF YOUNG
JACK HARKAWAY AND HIS BOY TINKER"
BY BRACEBRIDGE HEMYNG
BOOK NUMBER FIFTEEN
CHICAGO M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY

Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker AMONG THE TURKS.

JACK GETS INTO HOT WATER--A MORAL LESSON, AND HOW
HE PROFITED BY IT--ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
The matter was not ended here, however.
When they got on board, there was a very serious reception awaiting
them.
Their project had been discovered and betrayed to the skipper by some
officious noodle, and Captain Willis was not a little alarmed.
The consequences might be very serious.
So the captain had Jack and Harry Girdwood up, and gave them a word
or two of a sort.
"We wish to preserve the most friendly relations with the people here,
Mr. Harkaway," said he, severely; "and this sort of adventure is not
calculated to achieve our object."

Jack did not attempt to deny what had occurred.
"We have done no harm," he said; "we were simply cruising about
when we saw murder done. We arrived too late to prevent it, but Tinker
was pleased to take it upon himself to avenge the murdered woman, for
a woman it was, as we could tell from her shrieks as the sack went
under and stifled them for ever."
The captain was somewhat startled at this.
"Is this true?"
"I would have you know, captain, that I am not in the habit of saying
what is not true."
The captain bowed stiffly at young Jack's rebuke.
"I don't wish to imply anything else," he said; "but before you get too
high up in the stirrups, young gentleman, remember that I command
here. Remember that in your own thirst for excitement, you act in a
way likely to compromise me as well as everybody on board. You are
not wanting in a proper appreciation of right and wrong. Before you
add anything worse to the present discussion, reflect. The injured air
which you are pleased to assume is out of place. I leave you to your
own reflections, young gentleman."
And so saying, the captain turned away and left him.
Jack's first impulse was to walk after the captain, and fire a parting
shot.
But Harry Girdwood's hand arrested him.
"Don't be foolish, Jack," said he.
"Let go, I----"
"Don't be foolish, I say, Jack," persisted Harry Girdwood. "Do you
know what you are saying?"

"Are you siding against me?" exclaimed Jack.
"In a general sense I am not against you, but I can't approve of your
replies. You had no right to retort, and I shouldn't be a true pal, Jack, if
I spoke to your face against my convictions."
Jack sulked for a little time.
And then he did as the captain had advised.
He reflected.
He was very soon led back to the correct train of thought, and being a
lad of high moral courage, as well as physically brave, he was not
afraid to acknowledge when he was in the wrong.
Harry Girdwood walked a little way off.
Young Jack--dare-devil Jack--coloured up as he walked to Harry and
held out his hand.
"Tip us your fin, messmate," he said, with forced gaiety. "You are right,
I was wrong, of course."
He turned off.
"Where are you going?" demanded Harry.
"To the captain."
"What for?"
"To apologise for being insolent."
Off he went.
"Captain Willis."
"Do you want me, Mr. Harkaway?" asked the captain.

"The chief mate was standing by, and Jack did not feel that he had so
far offended as to have to expiate his fault in public.
"When you are disengaged, Captain Willis, I would beg the favour of
half a word with you."
"Is it urgent, Mr. Harkaway?" he asked.
"I have been refractory, Captain Willis."
A faint smile stole over the captain's face in spite of his endeavour to
repress it.
"I will see you below presently," he said to the mate. "Come down to
me in a quarter