The Powder Monkey

By George Manville Fenn

George Manville Fenn was an English novelist and journalist who wrote across a variety of genres, both fiction and nonfiction. His works are still widely read today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Krill Press
• Release date: Feb 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781518398520

George Manville Fenn

George Manville Fenn (1831-1909) was an English author, journalist, and educator. Although he is best known for his boy’s adventure stories, Fenn authored over 175 books in his lifetime, including his very popular historical naval fiction for adult readers. Fenn wrote a number of weekly newspaper columns, and subsequently became the publisher of various magazines, many which became a platform for his social and economic views of Victorian England.

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THE POWDER MONKEY

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George Manville Fenn

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter One.

Chapter Two.

Chapter Three.

Chapter Four.

Chapter Five.

Chapter Six.

Chapter Seven.

Chapter Eight.

The Powder Monkey

By

George Manville Fenn

The Powder Monkey

Published by Silver Scroll Publishing

New York City, NY

First published circa 1909

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CHAPTER ONE.

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Hi-lo!

The little boy raised his head with a sudden start.

Hilli—hi—ho! What cheer?

The little fellow started to his feet from where he had been sitting upon a sloping bank, and caught at the bars of the gate close by. He said nothing, but stared through the gloom of the autumn evening at the strange man, who now roared out:

What cheer, I says! What cheer?

The little fellow made an effort to speak, but only sighed at first, before stammering out:

Please, sir, I don’t know what you mean.

You don’t? growled the man, fiercely, as he clapped the palm of his left hand upon the front of his waistband, and the back of his right hand level with it behind; then kicking out his right leg behind, he made a kind of hop on his left, as if to shake himself down into his clothes, as he hoisted them up.

You don’t? he said again, as he stared at the little fellow. What are you, then? A furrener?

No, sir, said the little boy, shrinking; for the man now took a step forward and clapped