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Archibald Hughson, by W.H.G. Kingston
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Title: Archibald Hughson An Arctic Story
Author: W.H.G. Kingston
Release Date: November 6, 2007 [EBook #23383]
Language: English
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Archibald Hughson, the Young Shetlander--An Arctic Story, by W.H.G. Kingston.
CHAPTER ONE.
ARCHIBALD HUGHSON, A YOUNG SHETLAND LAD, HAVING A STRONG DESIRE TO GO TO SEA, AND HIS MOTHER WITHHOLDING HER CONSENT, DETERMINES TO RUN FROM HOME.--HE IS TREACHEROUSLY ASSISTED BY MAX INKSTER, A WICKED SAILOR, WHO SUCCEEDS IN GETTING HIM STOWED AWAY ON BOARD THE "KATE," A GREENLAND WHALER.
"Where are you going, Archy?" asked Maggie Hughson, as she ran after her brother, who was stealing away from the house, evidently not wishing to be intercepted.
The young Hughson's home stood high up on the slope of a hill on the small island of Bressay, one of the Shetland group. Hence the eye ranged over the northern ocean, while to the eastward appeared the isle of Noss, with the rocky Holm of Noss beyond, the abode of numberless sea-fowl, and to be reached by a rope-way cradle over a broad c