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DARRY, THE LIFE SAVER
CHAPTER I - THE HURRICANE
CHAPTER II - SAVED BY THE LIFE CHAIN
CHAPTER III - ABNER PEAKE'S OFFER
CHAPTER IV - THE CABIN BY THE MARSH
CHAPTER V - AN ENCOUNTER ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER VI - WINNING HIS WAY
CHAPTER VII - THE MIDNIGHT ALARM
CHAPTER VIII - ACROSS THE BAY
CHAPTER IX - THE SIGNAL ROCKET
A fierce Caribbean hurricane batter the Falcon into a helpless wreck, and Darry, a young cabin boy, clings to a splintered mizzen‑mast as the sea swells like a wounded beast. Beside him, the weathered Captain Harley shouts through the gale, sharing a grim certainty that their beloved brigantine may meet its end. The storm forces both men to confront the raw power of the ocean while their desperate grip on the rope becomes a fragile lifeline.
Beyond the tempest, Darry carries a crescent‑shaped scar on his arm—a silent clue to a forgotten past that has haunted him since he was rescued from a Naples café as an abandoned child. Under Harley’s steady guidance he has learned the ropes of sailing, but the mystery of his origins lingers like a whisper in the wind. As the battered vessel fights its way toward the coast, Darry must decide whether hope lies in surviving the storm or in the promise of uncovering the identity hidden behind that strange mark.
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (227K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2007-08-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

Best known as a house pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, this name appeared on dozens of fast-paced adventure stories for young readers in the early 1900s. The books capture an era when boys' fiction mixed pluck, travel, teamwork, and everyday heroics.
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