Chapter I: Prologue

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IN THE MARQUESAS 5

THE YARN

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I. A SOUND COMMERCIAL EDUCATION 19

II. ROUSSILLON WINE 32

III. TO INTRODUCE MR. PINKERTON 43

IV. IN WHICH I EXPERIENCE EXTREMES OF FORTUNE 58

V. IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS 71

VI. IN WHICH I GO WEST 86

VII. IRONS IN THE FIRE: _Opes Strepitumque_ 102

VIII. FACES ON THE CITY FRONT 126

IX. THE WRECK OF THE _FLYING SCUD_ 139

X. IN WHICH THE CREW VANISH 154

XI. IN WHICH JIM AND I TAKE DIFFERENT WAYS 179

XII. THE _NORAH CREINA_ 194

XIII. THE ISLAND AND THE WRECK 210

XIV. THE CABIN OF THE _FLYING SCUD_ 222

XV. THE CARGO OF THE _FLYING SCUD_ 237

XVI. IN WHICH I TURN SMUGGLER, AND THE CAPTAIN CASUIST 251

XVII. LIGHT FROM THE MAN OF WAR 264

XVIII. CROSS-QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS 278

XIX. TRAVELS WITH A SHYSTER 294

XX. STALLBRIDGE-LE-CARTHEW 317

XXI. FACE TO FACE 330

XXII. THE REMITTANCE MAN 338

XXIII. THE BUDGET OF THE _CURRENCY LASS_ 363

XXIV. A HARD BARGAIN 388

XXV. A BAD BARGAIN 402

EPILOGUE

TO WILL H. LOW 427

THE WRECKER

WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH

LLOYD OSBOURNE

PROLOGUE

THE WRECKER