Saved At Sea An Lighthouse Story

This heartwarming story follows the experiences of a young boy who gets lost at sea and is saved by a brave lighthouse keeper and his daughter. With themes of courage, faith, and redemption, Saved at Sea is a timeless tale that will inspire and uplift readers of all ages. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

It was a strange day, the day that I was born. The waves were beating against the lighthouse, and the wind was roaring and raging against everything. Had not the lighthouse been built very firmly into the strong solid rock, it, and all within it, must have been swept into the deep wild sea. It was a terrible storm. My grandfather said he had never known such a storm since he came to live on the island, more than forty years before. Many ships went down in the storm that day, and many lives were lost. But in the very midst of it, when the wind was highest, and the waves were strongest, and when the foam and the spray had completely covered the lighthouse windows, I, Alick Fergusson, was born.

Reproduction of the original: Saved at Sea by O.F. Walton

"[...] 'No, my lad, ' he said; 'the sea's too much for us. It's a terrible night. It puts me in mind of the day you were born.' So the night wore away. We never thought of going to bed, but walked up and down the pier, with our eyes fixed on the place where we had seen the lights. Every now and then, for some hours, rockets were sent up; and then they ceased, and we saw nothing. 'They've got no more with them, ' said my grandfather. 'Poor things! it's a terrible bad job.' 'What's wrong with them, grandfather?' I asked. 'Are there rocks over there?'[...]."

Amy Catherine Walton (1849 - 1939), better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books. In 1879, she published the book Saved at Sea: A Lighthouse Story. This is the story of a boy and his grandfather who live an island off the coast of England, where Grandfather's job is that of a lighthouse man. The story starts with a terrible storm and a shipwreck.

Excerpt from Saved at Sea: An Lighthouse Story It was a terrible storm. My grandfather said he had never known such a storm since he came to live on the island, more than forty years before. Many ships went down in the storm that day, and many lives were lost. But in the very midst of it, when the wind was highest, and the waves were strongest, and when the foam and the Spray had completely covered the lighthouse windows, I, Alick Fergusson, was born. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.