Chapter I: Front Matter

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A WHALEMAN’S WIFE

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WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

THE CRUISE OF THE CACHALOT.
THE LOG OF A SEA WAIF.
THE MEN OF THE MERCHANT SERVICE.
IDYLLS OF THE SEA.
WITH CHRIST AT SEA.
A SACK OF SHAKINGS.
DEEP SEA PLUNDERINGS.
THE APOSTLES OF THE SOUTH-EAST.
WITH CHRIST IN SAILORTOWN.
THE PALACE OF POOR JACK.
THE WAY THEY HAVE IN THE NAVY.

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A WHALEMAN’S WIFE

by

FRANK T. BULLEN

[decoration]

London: Hodder and Stoughton [Decoration] 27 Paternoster Row: MCMII

Printed by Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd., New-Street Square London

TO

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A SMALL TOKEN OF THE AUTHOR’S ESTEEM

FOR A STRONG CHRISTIAN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Unrequited Love 1
II. ‘Veni, Vidi, Vici’ 9
III. A Sudden Resolve 17
IV. Departure 25
V. Outward Bound 34
VI. Disillusionment 43
VII. A Stricken Demon 54
VIII. A Disastrous Day 69
IX. Reuben Eddy, Mariner 85
X. The _Good_ Ship ‘Xiphias’ 99
XI. At the Old Homestead 115
XII. Repairing Damages 130
XIII. The Captain Goes Ashore 146
XIV. Among Right Whales 162
XV. A Double Deliverance 176
XVI. A Reign of Terror 192
XVII. Salvage Operations 207
XVIII. Humanity Rewarded 221
XIX. A Great Blow 236
XX. The Cyclone 251
XXI. A Strange Rescue 267
XXII. The Meeting 283
XXIII. Farewell to the _Xiphias_ 297
XXIV. Check to the King, and a New Move 311
XXV. The Education of the Skipper 326
XXVI. The Loss of the _Grampus_ 344
XXVII. And Last 361
Works by the Same Author 379