Ned, the son of Webb: What he did.

The cover image was repaired by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
'THERE!' HE EXCLAIMED, AT LAST.
Copyright, 1900
By Dana Estes & Company
Colonial Press: Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

THE WAR SPIRIT.
She's grand! exclaimed Ned, enthusiastically. Uncle Jack, the Kentucky could knock any other ironclad in all the world!
Perhaps she could, growled Uncle Jack, somewhat thoughtfully. I'm glad she is out of range of them, just now, though. I like her looks as she is. It is best for them, too.
They were standing near the head of Pier Number One, North River, gazing at the great line-of-battle ship as she steamed along slowly up the stream.

Those double turrets make her as tall as a house, said Ned. There's nothing else like her! See the long noses of those big guns!