Little Tim had always longed to be a sailor and one day he seized his opportunity and stowed away on a large steamer. He soon discovered that there was more to being a sailor than he thought.
Tim and his family become very fond of the girl that he and Ginger rescue from the sea, and everyone--or almost everyone--is unhappy when she is taken away by her guardian.
One of the early Tim books, rewritten and redrawn. When Tim, Lucy, Mr. Grimes, and an unwilling Mrs. Smawley go to sea in the 'Evangeline', their smooth sailing is interrupted by some shipwrecked sailors.
