MASTER ROCKAFELLAR’S VOYAGE BY THE SAME AUTHOR MY DANISH SWEETHEART HIS ISLAND PRINCESS ABANDONED [Illustration: “BE PLEASED TO GET IN AND GO AWAY.” _See page 175._] MASTER ROCKAFELLAR’S VOYAGE BY W. CLARK RUSSELL AUTHOR OF “MY DANISH SWEETHEART,” ETC., ETC. WITH 27 ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON BROWNE FIFTH EDITION METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _First Published_ _October_ _1890_ _Second Edition_ _November_ _1894_ _Third Edition_ _August_ _1906_ _Fourth Edition_ _November_ _1910_ _Fifth Edition_ _1913_ CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I. HE BEGS TO GO TO SEA 1 CHAPTER II. HIS FIRST DAY ON BOARD SHIP 17 CHAPTER III. HE SAILS FROM GRAVESEND 30 CHAPTER IV. HE GOES ALOFT 45 CHAPTER V. HE SIGHTS A SHIP 59 CHAPTER VI. HE IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING 74 CHAPTER VII. HE HEARS A BELL 88 CHAPTER VIII. HE SEES THE EQUATOR 103 CHAPTER IX. HE SEES AN ICEBERG 209 CHAPTER X. HE SIGHTS A WRECK 227 CHAPTER XI. HE SEES A STRANGE LIGHT 243 CHAPTER XII. HE ARRIVES HOME 259 MASTER ROCKAFELLAR’S VOYAGE CHAPTER I. _HE BEGS TO GO TO SEA._ My name is Thomas Rockafellar; father and mother always called me Tommy, and by that name was I known until I grew too old to be called by anything more familiar than Tom. I have seen people look at one another, and smile, perhaps, when they have heard the name Rockafellar mentioned as that of a family; but I here beg leave to state that the Rockafellars are an exceedingly ancient race, who, if they do not claim to have arrived in this country with William the Conqueror, can excuse themselves for not having landed with that chieftain by being able to prove that they had been many years established when the keels of the Norman galleys grounded on the Hastings shore. [Illustration: EBENEZER ROCKAFELLAR.]