IN THE WAKE OF THE WEATHER CLOTH.—See Pages [305–320].

THE STRIFE
OF THE SEA

T. JENKINS HAINS
AUTHOR OF “THE WIND-JAMMERS,” ETC.

NEW YORK
THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO.
33–37 East Seventeenth St., Union Sq., North


Copyright, 1903, by THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO.

Copyright, 1901 and 1902, by Harper & Bros.
Copyright, 1902 and 1903, by The Success Co.
Copyright, 1902 and 1903, by The Independent.
Copyright, 1903, by The Butterick Pub. Co. (Ltd.)

Published October, 1903.


TO
ROBERT MACKAY


CONTENTS

PAGE
The Old Man of Sand Key,[11]
The Outcast,[37]
The Sea Dog,[77]
The Cape Horners,[101]
The Loggerhead,[135]
The White Follower,[165]
King Albicore,[199]
The Nibblers,[227]
Johnny Shark,[251]
A Tragedy of the South Atlantic,[277]
In the Wake of the Weather-Cloth,[313]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Clawing off the Cape,[Frontispiece]
Facing Page
The Great Shape Sailed for the Top of the Buoy,[44]
Full into the Center King Albicore Tore His Way,[214]
The Line Was Whizzing Out,[300]