Yes, they had many things to talk about, and it took them a long time to explain matters so that each might know what had happened to the other during their short separation. Ned told a truthful story, but he did not learn so very much from his father in return. There were some things that Uncle John thought it best to keep to himself. And where were George and Gus all this while? The story of their adventures is too long to be told in this book. We shall begin it immediately in the second volume of this series, and as we go along we shall take up the history of another runaway, Tony Richardson by name, of whose short experience with the ways of the world we have already had something to say. We shall also take our hero, George Ackerman, away from his home, and tell of his experience and exploits in an occupation he had never dreamed of following. The volume will be entitled, “GEORGE AT THE WHEEL; OR, LIFE IN THE PILOT-HOUSE.” THE END. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: Specimen Cover of the Gunboat Series.] THE FAMOUS CASTLEMON BOOKS. BY HARRY CASTLEMON. No author of the present day has become a greater favorite with boys than “Harry Castlemon;” every book by him is sure to meet with hearty reception by young readers generally. His naturalness and vivacity lead his readers from page to page with breathless interest, and when one volume is finished the fascinated reader, like Oliver Twist, asks “for more.” ⁂Any volume sold separately. =GUNBOAT SERIES.= By Harry Castlemon. 6 vols., 12mo. Fully $7 50 illustrated. Cloth, extra, printed in colors. In box =Frank, the Young Naturalist= 1 25 =Frank in the Woods= 1 25 =Frank on the Prairie= 1 25 =Frank on a Gunboat= 1 25 =Frank before Vicksburg= 1 25 =Frank on the Lower Mississippi= 1 25 =GO AHEAD SERIES.= By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols., 12mo. Fully $3 75 illustrated. Cloth, extra, printed in colors. In box =Go Ahead=; or, The Fisher Boy’s Motto 1 25 =No Moss=; or, The Career of a Rolling Stone 1 25 =Tom Newcombe=; or, The Boy of Bad Habits 1 25 =ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES.= By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols., 12mo. Fully $3 75 illustrated. Cloth, extra, printed in colors. In box =Frank at Don Carlos’ Rancho= 1 25