AUTHOR OF
“Centre-Board Jim,” “Ensign Merrill,” etc.

PHILADELPHIA
DAVID MCKAY, PUBLISHER
610 South Washington Square


Copyright, 1899,
By STREET & SMITH


MIDSHIPMAN MERRILL.

CHAPTER I.
THE WRECK OF THE TOY.

“There comes that sea cub of Beacon Cliff, mates, so let us clip his claws.”

“So say I, mates, for he’s too blue blooded to associate with us, if he is only a fisher lad.”