I.[The Island]
II.[The Cottage]
III.[A Helper]
IV.[A Tempest and a Teapot]
V.[The Singing Waves]
VI.[Pebbly Beach]
VII.[White Horses]
VIII.[Suspicions]
IX.[If It Were Your Daughter]
X.[Over the Chafing-dish]
XI.[Daddy Lu]
XII.[A Bundle of Letters]
XIII.["Three Fishers Went Sailing"]
XIV.["The Clouds Ye so Much Dread"]
XV.[On the Deck of the Domhegan]
XVI.["'Twixt Tide and Tide's Returning"]
XVII.[The End of the Season]
XVIII.[On Haskins' Island]
XIX.[A Tale That Is Told]
XX.[In Another Year]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

["He stopped short at the sight of the girl"]
["He bent down to observe her more closely"]
["'Unfortunately, I am not a miniature painter'"]
["'That lazy Manny settin' outside on the back porch'"]
["'If you don't mind it, I'll call you Daddy Lu'"]
["'Good evening, Mr. Hilary'"]
["He caught her hand and kissed the blue-veined wrist"]

WITS' END

CHAPTER I

THE ISLAND

The tide was half way out, and the rocks were already showing strange shaggy shapes as the water retreated from their weed-draped sides. A man, who had just beached his dory and had loaded his wheelbarrow with gaping cod and shining mackerel, stood looking off toward the cliffs for a moment before he should trundle his burden up the slanting path which led toward a group of white houses.