Nearly all the scenes introduced are historical, and are employed to give their terrible emphasis to that which is equally true in the serenest and securest times.

E. P. R.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I LOVE UNKNOWN
CHAPTER II LOVE KNOWN
CHAPTER III LAUNCHED
CHAPTER IV COLD WATER
CHAPTER V A HORNET'S NEST
CHAPTER VI "STARVE THEN!"
CHAPTER VII A GOOD SAMARITAN