| WALLY, THE WRECK-BOY. |
| THE MORAL PIRATES. |
| BITS OF ADVICE. |
| THE HOMES OF THE FARMING ANTS. |
| A ROYAL THIEF. |
| THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN NAVY. |
| IN SEPTEMBER. |
| WHAT THE BABIES SAID. |
| OUR POST-OFFICE BOX. |
| WIGGLES |
| Vol. I.—No. 45. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | Price Four Cents. |
| Tuesday, September 7, 1880. | Copyright, 1880, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
WALLY, THE WRECK-BOY.
A STORY OF THE NORTHERN COAST.
BY FRANK H. TAYLOR.
His real name is Wallace, but his mates always called him "Wally," andalthough he is now a big broad-shouldered young mariner, he is stillpointed out as the "wreck-boy." One summer not long ago Wally sailedwith me for a week out upon the blue waters across the bar afterblue-fish, or among the winding tide-water creeks for sheep's-head, andit was then, by means of many questions, that I heard the followingstory.
Wally's father was a light-house keeper. The great brick tower stoodaloft among the sand-hills, making the little house which nestled at itsbase look dwarfish and cramped.
Wally was about twelve years old, and seldom had the good fortune tofind a playmate. Two miles down the beach, at Three Pine Point, stood ahandsome cottage that was occupied by Mr. Burton, a city gentleman and agreat ship-owner, during the summer, and sometimes his daughter Elsie, abright-eyed little girl, would come[Pg 650] riding along the sands from thecottage behind a small donkey, and ask Wa