The Project Gutenberg eBook, Stand By!, by Henry Taprell DorlingThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: Stand By! Naval Sketches and StoriesAuthor: Henry Taprell DorlingRelease Date: July 13, 2008 [eBook #26049]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK STAND BY!***E-text prepared by Al HainesTranscriber's note:"Taffrail" is the pseudonym of Henry Taprell Dorling.The book from which this etext was prepared was missing the leaf containing pages 41 and 42.STAND BY!Naval Sketches and Storiesby"TAFFRAIL"Author of "Carry On!" "Pincher Martin O.D., Etc."LondonC. Arthur Pearson, LimitedHenrietta Street, W.C.1916TO THE SHIP'S COMPANY WHO ARE SECOND TO NONEPREFACEIt seems almost unnecessary to remark that the characters and ships figuring in the sketches throughout this book areentirely fictitious."Bunting," "The Acting Sub," "Our Happy Home," "The Lost Sheep," "The'Muckle Flugga' Hussars," and "The Mother Ship" appeared in the DailyMail, and "The 'Pirates'" in the Weekly Despatch. They are herereprinted, with minor alterations, by kind permission of the Editors.TAFFRAIL.1916.CONTENTSTHE "ACTING SUB" THE MOTHER SHIP OUT HAPPY HOME BLOODLESS SURGERY "BUNTING" THE LOSTSHEEP A NAVAL MENAGERIE THE "MUCKLE FLUGGA" HUSSARS THE ...
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