Chapter I: Front Matter

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SWEPT OUT TO SEA

Or Clint Webb Among the Whalers

by

W. BERT FOSTER

Author of The Frozen Ship; or, Clint Webb Among the Sealers. From Sea to Sea; or, Clint Webb on the Windjammer. The Ocean Express; or, Clint Webb and the Sea Tramp

Chicago M. A. Donohue & Co.

Copyright 1913 by M. A. Donohue & Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I--In Which My Cousin and I Have a Serious Falling Out 7
II--In Which is Shown the Result of a Bad Beginning 15
III--In Which I am Anxious to Learn the Particulars
of a Matter of Fourteen Years Standing 22
IV--In Which Ham Mayberry Reveals His Suspicions 34
V--In Which the Old Coachman Goes Somewhat Into Details 43
VI--In Which is Related a Conversation With My Mother 49
VII--In Which I Put Two and Two Together--and Sleep
Aboard the Wavecrest 57
VIII--In Which An Expected Comedy Proves to be a Tragedy 65
IX--In Which I See the Day Dawn Upon a Deserted Ocean 72
X--In Which I Find a Most Remarkable Haven 82
XI--In Which I Am a Terrified Witness of a
Wonderful Phenomenon 92
XII--In Which I Find Myself Bound for Southern Seas 107
XIII--In Which Tom Anderly Relates a Story That
Arouses My Interest 119
XIV--In Which I Hear for the First Time the Whalers'
Battle-Cry 133
XV--In Which We "Strike On" 142
XVI--In Which There is Some Information and Much Excitement 150
XVII--In Which I Come Very Near Going Out of the Story 159
XVIII--In Which We Realize the "Grind" of the Whaleman's Life 164
XIX--In Which is Reported a Series of Misadventures 172
XX--In Which Our Chapter of Bad Luck is Continued 180
XXI--In Which the Wavecrest Sets Sail Again 186
XXII--In Which We Sail the Silver River and I See
a Face I Know 193
XXIII--In Which I begin to Wonder "Is It Me, or Is It Not Me?" 198
XXIV--In Which I Get Acquainted With Captain Adoniram Tugg 208
XXV--In Which I Follow the Beckoning Finger of a Spectre 215
XXVI--In Which the Sea Spell Goes Ashore on a
Most Unfriendly Coast 222
XXVII--In Which We Find the Natives More Unfriendly
Than the Coast 232
XXVIII--In Which are Related Several Disappointments 239
XXIX--In Which I Am Not the Only Person Surprised 245
XXX--In Which I at Last Set My Face Homeward
with Determination 253

SWEPT OUT TO SEA or CLINT WEBB AMONG THE WHALERS