The Life of a Ship from the Launch to the Wreck | Page 9

their clothes were never dry. Little Davy was the best walker among
them, and helped to keep up their spirits greatly by his cheerful
conversation as they toiled along. At last they arrived at a little village,
where the people were exceedingly kind to them; gave them food and

dry clothes, and, after they became stronger, sent them to the great city
of Quebec. Here they were kindly treated, and finding a ship bound for
England, they all returned home.
You may imagine the delight of the poor captain when he arrived and
found his wife safe and sound. She and all the people on the raft had
been picked up by a homeward-bound vessel the day after they lost
sight of their ship, and were brought safe back to England. And you
may fancy the joy of little Davy's parents when their son opened the
cottage door one day and rushed into his mother's arms.
Davy never went to sea again, but continued for many years after to
help his poor father to fish. And the Fair Nancy--that beautiful ship,
which Davy had watched so long, which he had seen launched, and
which had sailed so gallantly from her native shores, with her snowy
sails glancing in the sun like the white wings of a seagull--alas! alas!
she lay a total wreck now, on the rocky shores of a foreign land.

End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Life of a Ship, by R.M.
Ballantyne
*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LIFE OF
A SHIP ***
***** This file should be named 21745.txt or 21745.zip ***** This
and all associated files of various formats will be found in:
http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/7/4/21745/
Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be
renamed.
Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no
one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation
(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without
permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, set

forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to copying
and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to protect the
PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project
Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you charge
for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you do not
charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the rules is
very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose such as
creation of derivative works, reports, performances and research. They
may be modified and printed and given away--you may do practically
ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is subject to
the trademark license, especially commercial redistribution.

*** START: FULL LICENSE ***
THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE PLEASE READ
THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK
To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free
distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work (or
any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project
Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project
Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at
http://gutenberg.org/license).
Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project
Gutenberg-tm electronic works
1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm
electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to
and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property
(trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all the
terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy all
copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. If
you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project
Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the
terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or

entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8.
1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be used
on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who
agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few
things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic
works even without complying with the full terms of this agreement.
See paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with
Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this
agreement and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm
electronic works. See paragraph 1.E below.
1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the
Foundation" or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the
collection of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the
individual works in the collection are