The Seiners

by James B. Connolly

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Seiners, by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly

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IT WAS THE FINEST KIND OF EXCITEMENT, OUR RUNNING TO HARBOR

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THE
SEINERS

BY

JAMES B. CONNOLLY

AUTHOR OF “OUT OF GLOUCESTER,”
“JEB HUTTON,” ETC.

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

NEW YORK : : : : : : : : : 1910

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Copyright, 1904, by

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

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Published, May, 1904

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CONTENTS

I.	The New Vessel of Withrow’s	[1]
II.	A Little Jog Along the Docks	[8]
III.	Minnie Arkell	[16]
IV.	Little Johnnie Duncan Stands Examination	[27]
V.	From out of Crow’s Nest	[35]
VI.	Maurice Blake Gets a Vessel	[43]
VII.	Clancy Crosses Minnie Arkell	[51]
VIII.	The Seining Fleet Puts out to Sea	[61]
IX.	Mackerel	[70]
X.	We Lose Our Seine	[82]
XI.	An Over-Night Breeze	[87]
XII.	The Fleet Runs to Harbor	[99]
XIII.	Wesley Marrs Brings a Message	[119]
XIV.	A Prospect of Night-Seining	[123]
XV.	Clancy to the Mast-Head	[129]
XVI.	We Get a Fine School	[137]
XVII.	A Drive for Market	[144]
XVIII.	A Brush With the Yachting Fleet	[153]
XIX.	Minnie Arkell Again	[159]
XX.	The Skipper Puts for Home	[172]
XXI.	Seiners’ Work	[175]
XXII.	On the Cape Shore	[184]
XXIII.	Dressing Down	[193]
XXIV.	The Withrow Outsails the Duncan	[202]
XXV.	Trouble With the Dominion Cutters	[206]
XXVI.	The Gossip in Gloucester	[211]
XXVII.	In Clancy’s Boarding-House	[217]
XXVIII.	In the Arkell Kitchen	[220]
XXIX.	Maurice Blake Comes Home	[230]
XXX.	The Morning of the Race	[235]
XXXI.	The Start of the Race	[243]
XXXII.	O’donnell Carries Away Both Masts	[250]
XXXIII.	The Able Johnnie Duncan	[257]
XXXIV.	Minnie Arkell Once More	[265]
XXXV.	Clancy Lays Down the Law	[271]
XXXVI.	Maurice Blake Is Recalled	[281]
XXXVII.	The Girl in Canso	[289]
XXXVIII.	The Duncan Goes to the West’ard	[297]
XXXIX.	The Heart of Clancy	[309]

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