The Story of the Rock, by R.M. Ballantyne

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Title: The Story of the Rock

Author: R.M. Ballantyne

Release Date: October 31, 2007 [EBook #23272]

Language: English

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The Story of the Rock, by R.M. Ballantyne.

CHAPTER ONE.

WRECK OF WINSTANLEY'S LIGHTHOUSE.

"At mischief again, of course: always at it."

Mrs Potter said this angrily, and with much emphasis, as she seized her son by the arm and dragged him out of a pool of dirty water, into which he had tumbled.

"Always at mischief of one sort or another, he is," continued Mrs Potter, with increasing wrath, "morning, noon, and night--he is; tumblin' about an' smashin' things for ever he does; he'll break my heart at last--he will. There: take that!"

"That," which poor little Tommy was desired to take, was a sounding box on the ear, accompanied by a violent shake of the arm which would have drawn that limb out of its socket if the child's bones and muscles had not been very tightly strung together.

Mrs Potter was a woman of large body and small brain. In respect of reasoning power, she was little better than the wood

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