Excerpt from Kelp: A Story of the Isles of Shoals

"Wake up! wake up!"

Tom Percival turned uneasily on his hot pillow, - it was the middle of a sultry night in June, - and was dropping off into a sounder nap than before, when a hand on his shoulder thoroughly roused him. It was his father who spoke.

"Wake up, Tom, and dress yourself as fast as possible. I've just got word that there's a fire in our block down-town, and I want you to go with me. Are you awake, my son?"

"Yes, father. I'll be with you in no time." Tom sprang out of bed, and very nearly kept his promise.

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