The Mate of the Lily; Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book, by W H G
Kingston.
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This is another book by Kingston on the theme of a youngster whose
father has not returned from a voyage at sea, and whose mother therefore
is almost destitute, with several younger children to house and feed.
Luckily her brother Jack, the Mate of the Lily, is home, and though
pledged in marriage, offers to provide for the family, taking the
eldest, Harry, with him as an apprentice officer. They are to look for
a return cargo in the Java Seas and thereabouts, and use the
opportunity, following certain clues, to search for Captain Musgrave and
his vessel.
There are all sorts of vicissitudes, from storm, volcanoes, grounding,
and persistent attacks by the pirates that infest those seas.
Needless to say they find him, though practically at the end of his
life, from despair. On being found he recovers his spirits, and so is
brought home.
It is well-written, and full of suspense. There are other twists to the
story that I have not mentioned above, and I am sure you would enjoy
reading the book or listening to it.
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THE MATE OF THE LILY, NOTES FROM HARRY MUSGRAVE'S LOG BOOK, BY W H G
KINGSTON.