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Copyright, 1920
By E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
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CONTENTS

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I. His Lordship[1]
II. Madame Takes Charge[19]
III. The "Humming Top"[35]
IV. In the South Seas[50]
V. Willatopy: Pilot[60]
VI. A Night in the Straits[79]
VII. Father and Son[94]
VIII. Tops Island[112]
IX. Willatopy: Sportsman[125]
X. The Coming of the Hedge Lawyer[155]
XI. The Campaign Opens[167]
XII. The Sailing of the Yawl[183]
XIII. White Blood[200]
XIV. Marie Lambert[215]
XV. Turtle[229]
XVI. Willatopy Spurns His Gods[246]
XVII. Farewell to Tops Island[263]
XVIII. The Hand of Madame Gilbert[279]
XIX. In the Straits of Sunda[296]
XX. Madame Refuses the "Humming Top"[304]