
Jeff Benson or the Young Coastguardsman
By R. M. BallantyneLength2h 9m
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(Excerpt): ""Well, Jeff, what d'you think of doing?" asked that austere relative, two days after the funeral. "Of course at your age you can't carry on the school alone." "Of course not," answered the boy, with a suppressed sob. "What say you to entering my office and becoming a lawyer, Jeff?" "Thanks, uncle, I'd rather not." "What will you do, then?" demanded the uncle, somewhat offended at this flat rejection of his proposal. The lad thought for a moment, and then said quietly but decidedly, "I'll go to sea." "Go to the world's end if you like," returned the uncle, who was proud and touchy, and hated the sea; "but don't ask me to help you. " "Thank you, uncle," replied the lad, who was as proud as himself, though not touchy, and had a strong affection for the sea; "having no particular business at the world's end just now, I'll put off my visit to a more convenient season.""
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length2 hrs 9 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 9, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1R.M. Ballantyne
7Chapter Five.: Miss Millet Receives a Surprise, Rosebud a Disappointment, and our Hero Another Blow.
2"Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman"
8Chapter Six.: Good News to the Captain—Also to Jeff.
3Chapter One.: Our Hero Introduced with some of his Friends.
9Chapter Seven.: An Unquiet, Adventurous Morning in the Shell-Cave.
4Chapter Two.: A Sea-Captain Relates his Adventures, and Refuses to Draw Morals.
10Chapter Eight.
5Chapter Three.: Our Coastguardsman Meets with a Serious but very Common Fall.
11Conclusion of the Whole Matter.
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6Chapter Four.: A Wreck and Rescue.
12The End.