Chapter I: Front Matter

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JIM SPURLING, FISHERMAN

or Making Good

by

ALBERT W. TOLMAN

Illustrated

HE PLUNGED INTO THE SEA AND DRAGGED HIMSELF TOWARD THE ROCK TO WHICH HIS FATHER WAS FASTENED]

Harper & Brothers Publishers New York and London

JIM SPURLING, FISHERMAN

Copyright, 1918, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America

TO MY BOYS ALBERT AND EDWARD

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. SMASHED UP 1
II. A FRESH START 18
III. TARPAULIN ISLAND 29
IV. MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS 41
V. GETTING READY 53
VI. TRAWLING FOR HAKE 66
VII. SHORTS AND COUNTERS 78
VIII. SALT-WATER GIPSIES 90
IX. FISTS AND FIREWORKS 102
X. REBELLION IN CAMP 114
XI. TURN OF THE TIDE 128
XII. PULLING TOGETHER 138
XIII. FOG-BOUND 150
XIV. SWORDFISHING 162
XV. MIDSUMMER DAYS 174
XVI. A LOST ALUMNUS 186
XVII. BLOWN OFF 198
XVIII. BUOY OR BREAKER 208
XIX. ON THE WHISTLER 221
XX. SQUARING AN ACCOUNT 233
XXI. OLD FRIENDS 243
XXII. PERCY SCORES 255
XXIII. WHITTINGTON GRIT 269
XXIV. CROSSING THE TAPE 283

ILLUSTRATIONS

HE PLUNGED INTO THE SEA AND DRAGGED HIMSELF TOWARD THE ROCK TO WHICH HIS FATHER WAS FASTENED _Frontispiece_

THE CAMP AT SPROWL'S COVE _Facing p._ 56

LEANING AGAINST THE MAST-HOOP THAT ENCIRCLED HIS WAIST, HE LIFTED THE LONG LANCE AND POISED IT FOR THE BLOW " 166

KNEES BRACED TIGHTLY AGAINST THE SIDES OF THE STERN, HANDS LOCKED ROUND THE STOUT BUTT OF THE LANCE, HE FOILED RUSH AFTER RUSH OF THE BLACK-FINNED, WHITE-BELLIED PIRATES " 172

THEY STOOD CLOSE TOGETHER ON THE CIRCULAR TOP, HOLDING ON TO THE CROSSED BAILS, WAIST-HIGH " 222

"WE NEED THAT SLOOP AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HER!" " 252

JIM SPURLING, FISHERMAN

JIM SPURLING FISHERMAN