THE "BONES" OF THE RED BIRD

I intended to dedicate this book to my son, Guilford Dudley Eggleston, to whom it belonged in a peculiar sense. He was only nine years old, but he was my tenderly loved companion, and was in no small degree the creator of this story. He gave it the title it bears; he discussed with me every incident in it; and every page was written with reference to his wishes and his pleasure. There is not a paragraph here which does not hold for me some reminder of the noblest, manliest, most unselfish boy I have ever known. Ah, woe is me! He who was my companion is my dear dead boy now, and I am sure that I only act for him as he would wish, in inscribing the story that was so peculiarly his to the boy whom he loved best, and who loved him as a brother might have done. It is in memory of Guilford that I dedicate "The Wreck of the Red Bird" to Charles Pelton Hutchins.

G. C. E.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. [Maum Sally's Manners ]1
CHAPTER II. [On the Joggling Boards ]10
CHAPTER III. [Afloat ]15
CHAPTER IV. [Plans and Preparations ]28
CHAPTER V. [The Sailing of the "Red Bird" ]35
CHAPTER VI. [Odd Fish ]40
CHAPTER VII. [An Enemy in the Camp ]52
CHAPTER VIII. [The Beginning and End of a Voyage ]59
CHAPTER IX. [The Situation ]68
CHAPTER X. [Plans and Devices ]79
CHAPTER XI. [Some of Ned's Science ]88
CHAPTER XII. [Jack's Discovery ]101
CHAPTER XIII. [An Anxious Night ]109
CHAPTER XIV. [In the Gray of the Morning ]120
CHAPTER XV. [Charley Black's Adventures ]125
CHAPTER XVI. [On Guard ]134
CHAPTER XVII. [A New Danger ]147
CHAPTER XVIII. [A Camp-factory ]155
CHAPTER XIX. [A Night of Adventure ]166
CHAPTER XX. [A Calculation of Profit and Loss ]177
CHAPTER XXI. [Charley's Secret Expedition ]184
CHAPTER XXII. [The Launch of the "Aphrodite" ]193
CHAPTER XXIII. [The Voyage of the "Aphrodite" ]201
CHAPTER XXIV. [Maum Sally ]212

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.