BLOW THE MAN DOWN
A ROMANCE OF THE COAST
By Holman Day
Copyright, 1916, by Harper & Brothers
TO MY GOOD FRIEND
Captain John W. Christie
BRITISH MASTER MARINER
WHO HAS SUNG ALL THE SHANTIES
AND HAS SAILED ALL THE SEAS
“O, blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down!
Way-ay, blow the man down.
O, blow the man down in Liverpool town!
Give me some time to blow the man down.”
—Old Shanty of the Atlantic Packet Ships.
CONTENTS
[ I ~ CAPTAIN BOYD MAYO GETS OUT OF SOUNDINGS ]
[ II ~ THEN CAPTAIN MAYO SEES SHOALS ]
[ III ~ THE TAVERN OF THE SEAS ]
[ IV ~ OVER THE “POLLY'S” RAIL ]
[ V ~ ON THE BRIDGE OF YACHT “OLENIA” ]
[ VII ~ INTO THE MESS FROM EASTWARD ]
[ VIII ~ LIKE BUGS UNDER A THIMBLE ]
[ X ~ HOSPITALITY, PER JULIUS MARSTON ]
[ XI ~ A VOICE FROM HUE AND CRY ]
[ XII ~ NO PLACE POR THE SOLES OP THEIR FEET ]
[ XIII ~ A CAPTAIN OP HUMAN FLOTSAM ]
[ XIV ~ BEARINGS FOR A NEW COURSE ]
[ XV ~ THE RULES OF THE ROAD ]
[ XVII ~ “EXACTLY!” SAID MR. FOGG ]
[ XVIII ~ HOW AN ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD—ONCE! ]
[ XIX ~ THE PRIZE PACKAGE FROM MR. FOGG ]
[ XXI ~ BITTER PROOF BY MORNING LIGHT ]
[ XXII ~ SPECIAL BUSINESS OF A PASSENGER ]
[ XXIII ~ THE MONSTER THAT SLIPPED ITS LEASH ]
[ XXIV ~ DOWN A GALLOPING SEA ]
[ XXV ~ A GIRL AND HER DEBT OF HONOR ]
[ XXVI ~ THE FANGS OF OLD RAZEE ]
[ XXVII ~ THE TEMPEST TURNS ITS CARD ]
[ XXVIII ~ GIRL'S HELP AND MAN'S WORK ]
[ XXIX ~ THE TOILERS OF OLD RAZEE ]
[ XXX ~ THE MATTER OP A MONOGRAM IN WAX ]