Frontispiece. "LOOK OUT FOR THIS 'ERE ROPE!"

THE LIGHT KEEPERS
A STORY OF THE UNITED STATES
LIGHT-HOUSE SERVICE

BY
JAMES OTIS
AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE SAVERS," ETC.

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY
31 West Twenty-third Street

Copyright, 1905
BY
E. P. DUTTON & CO.

Published, September, 1906
The Knickerbocker Press, New York

CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.An Involuntary Visitor[1]
II.Sidney Harlow[22]
III.Plans for the Future[43]
IV.Repairing the Motor Boat[65]
V.A Close Shave[84]
VI.The Voyage[104]
VII.A Lesson on Buoys[124]
VIII.The Surprises[143]
IX.The Wreck[164]
X.The Rescue[184]
XI."Sonny's" Outfit[204]
XII.Mr. Peters' Mishap[224]
XIII.A Disabled Crew[244]
XIV.Nurses And Light-Keepers[264]
XV.Storm-Bound[285]
XVI.As if from the Grave[305]
XVI.The Inspector[325]
XVII.Appendix[341]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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"Look out for this 'ere rope[Frontispiece]
"You lubbers!" Captain Eph screamed[92]
Cape Elizabeth[130]
Mt. Desert Rock[170]
Saddle Back Light[210]
Boon Island[250]
Isle of Shoals[290]
Matinicus[330]