---
title: 'The Captain’s Bargain'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Julia McNair Wright'
date: 1889-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Temperance'
- 'Children and Youth'
- 'Fiction'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 25'
- 'Luke 10'
- 'Proverbs 20'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wright-1889-the-captains-bargain
---

# The Captain’s Bargain

Temperance-era novella: Captain Allen's drinking leads to a risky lumber sale and he later redeems himself by rescuing an abandoned boy. Themes: temperance, family, charity.

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