| Vol. II.—No. 81. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | Price Four Cents. |
| Tuesday, May 17, 1881. | Copyright, 1881, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
[Begun in No. 80 of Harper's Young People, May 10.]
THE CRUISE OF THE "GHOST."
BY W. L. ALDEN,
Author of the "The Moral Pirates," etc.
Chapter II.
The next day Charley had the boat drawn up on the shore, and went towork at her, assisted by the other boys. It took two[Pg 450] weeks of constantwork to lengthen her, but when she was finished, everybody admitted thatshe was greatly improved.
The jib halyards and sheets, as well as the throat and peak halyards,were all led aft so that they could be reached by the helmsman withoutleaving his post. When all the other work was finished, Charley made agun-carriage for the cannon, and it was lashed to the deck just forwardof the mast. Nothing now remained to be done but to name the boat, andthis proved to be the most difficult task of all. Each of the boys couldthink of a dozen names that he did not like, but not one that he reallydid like. Tom thought that perhaps they could not do better than to callher the America, or the George Washington, but admitted that both ofthose nam