NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1896

COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NORWOOD PRESS
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith
Norwood Mass. U.S.A.


CONTENTS


CHAPTERPAGE
I.Alone with her Wealth[1]
II.Willy Croup doesn't know[7]
III.Miss Nancy Shott[16]
IV.A Launch into a New Life[25]
V.A Fur-trimmed Overcoat and a Silk Hat[36]
VI.A Temperance Lark[45]
VII.Mr. Burke accepts a Responsibility[59]
VIII.Mr. Burke begins to make Things move in Plainton[68]
IX.A Meeting of Heirs[80]
X.The Intellect of Miss Inchman[92]
XI.The Arrival of the New Dining-room[99]
XII.The Thorpedyke Sisters[109]
XIII.Money Hunger[114]
XIV.Willy Croup as a Philanthropic Diplomatist[121]
XV.Miss Nancy makes a Call[128]
XVI.Mr. Burke makes a Call[135]
XVII.Mrs. Cliff's Yacht[147]
XVIII.The Dawn of the Grove of the Incas[156]
XIX.The "Summer Shelter"[162]
XX.The Synod[169]
XXI.A Telegram from Captain Horn[173]
XXII.The "Summer Shelter" goes to Sea[182]
XXIII.Willy Croup comes to the Front[192]
XXIV.Changes on the "Summer Shelter"[203]
XXV.A Note for Captain Burke[218]
XXVI."We'll stick to Shirley!"[228]
XXVII.On Board the "Dunkery Beacon"[235]
XXVIII.The People on the "Monterey"[247]
XXIX.The "Vittorio" from Genoa[254]
XXX.The Battle of the Merchant Ships[264]
XXXI."She backed!"[273]
XXXII.A Head on the Water[279]
XXXIII11° 30' 19" N. Lat. by 56° 10' 19" W. Long.[286]
XXXIV.Plainton, Maine[298]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Burke determined to get near enough to hail the "Dunkery Beacon"[Frontispiece]
The gentleman raised his hat and asked if Mrs. Cliff lived there[42]
Mrs. Cliff's invitation was discussed with lively appreciation[170]
There, fastened against the fore-mast, was a large piece of paper[194]
When Shirley went on deck he was much pleased to see the "Summer Shelter"[238]
Banker could not hold back[270]
He seized it and raised it to his shoulder[290]
Willy sat and looked at him[312]