I	MALICIOUSLY ACCUSED	[1]
II	THE RED PERIL	[10]
III	THE TEST	[20]
IV	REFUGEES	[29]
V	STARTLING NEWS	[37]
VI	THE ISLAND DECIDES	[49]
VII	A STRANGER	[61]
VIII	JIMMIE THOMAS’S STRATEGY	[73]
IX	ON THE COURSE	[79]
X	A MYSTERY	[87]
XI	IN THE FOG BANK	[95]
XII	OUT OF FREEKIRK HEAD	[110]
XIII	NAT BURNS SHOWS HIS HAND	[117]
XIV	A DISCOVERY	[124]
XV	THE CATCH OF THE ROSAN	[128]
XVI	A STAGGERING BLOW	[133]
XVII	TRAWLERS	[143]
XVIII	TREACHERY	[152]
XIX	ELLINWOOD TAKES A HAND	[161]
XX	AMONG THE HOME FOLKS	[171]
XXI	A PRISONER	[179]
XXII	A RECOVERED TREASURE	[189]
XXIII	SURPRISES	[199]
XXIV	THE SIREN	[212]
XXV	THE GUILT FIXED	[222]
XXVI	WETTING THEIR SALT	[241]
XXVII	THE REWARD OF EVIL	[249]
XXVIII	THE RACE	[262]
XXIX	A FATAL LETTER	[278]
XXX	ELSA’S TRIUMPH	[294]
XXXI	PEACE AND PROSPERITY	[303]

THE HARBOR OF DOUBT

CHAPTER I

MALICIOUSLY ACCUSED

“Let them think what they like. If I had died I would have been a hero; because I lived I suppose there is nothing in the history of crime that I have not committed.”

Young Captain Code Schofield sprang out of the deep, luxurious chair and began to pace up and down before the fire. He did not cast as much as a glance at the woman near him. His mind was elsewhere. He had heard strange things in this talk with her.