HELL'S HATCHES
NEW FICTION
THE CURTAIN
By Alexander Macfarlan
THE SYRENS
By Dot Allan
OLD MAN'S YOUTH
By William de Morgan
THE PURPLE HEIGHTS
By M. C. Oemler
HAGAR'S HOARD
By George Kibbe Turner
THE VILLA OF THE PEACOCK
By Richard Dehan
IN CHANCERY
By John Galsworthy
SNOW OVER ELDEN
By Thomas Moult
EUDOCIA
By Eden Phillpotts
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
21, Bedford Street, W.C. 2
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I A Reputation Questioned [1]
II Hard-Bit Derelicts [10]
III The Girl Herself [25]
IV "Slant" Allen Retires Again [38]
V A Ship of Death [50]
VI Compulsory Volunteering [65]
VII Rona Comes Aboard [80]
VIII I Leave the Island [93]
IX A Grim Tale of the Sea [106]
X Art and Suspense [124]
XI A Hero's Homecoming [142]
XII A Bad Man's Plea [180]
XIII The Scene of the Final Drama [193]
XIV Hell's Hatches Off [206]
XV The Face [220]
XVI A Sudden Visitor [231]
XVII Down the Flume [255]
XVIII The Masterpiece [268]
XIX After All [282]