Chapter MCMVII: Copyright, 1907, by Harper & Brothers

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Published April, 1907.

TO

MY ELDER BROTHER

ROBERT KENNEDY DUNCAN

THIS BOOK IS

AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. NICHOLAS TOP 1
II. AT THE SIGN OF THE ANCHOR AND CHAIN 10
III. THE CATECHISM AT TWIST TICKLE 27
IV. ON SINISTER BUSINESS 38
V. TAP-TAP ON THE PAVEMENT 45
VI. THE FEET OF CHILDREN 54
VII. TWIN ISLANDS 69
VIII. A MAID O' WHISPER COVE 75
IX. AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART 89
X. IMPORTED DIRECT 104
XI. THE GRAY STRANGER 120
XII. NEED O' HASTE 138
XIII. JUDITH ABANDONED 154
XIV. THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM 169
XV. A MEASURE OF PRECAUTION 174
XVI. GREEN PASTURES: AN INTERLUDE 188
XVII. RUM AND RUIN 203
XVIII. A LEGACY OF LOVE 219
XIX. A WORD OF WARNING 230
XX. NO APOLOGY 243
XXI. FOOL'S FORTUNE 247
XXII. GATHERING WINDS 264
XXIII. THE TIDE-RIP 276
XXIV. JOHN CATHER'S FATE 290
XXV. TO SEA 305
XXVI. THE DEVIL'S TEETH 323

THE CRUISE OF THE SHINING LIGHT

THE CRUISE OF THE SHINING LIGHT