Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
I.The Hurricane[1]
II.Saved by the Life Chain[10]
III.Abner Peake's Offer[19]
IV.The Cabin by the Sea[29]
V.An Encounter on the Road[39]
VI.Winning His Way[46]
VII.The Midnight Alarm[55]
VIII.Across the Bay[63]
IX.The Signal Rocket[71]
X.Jim the Bully[78]
XI.A Glorious Prospect[86]
XII.The Stolen Traps[94]
XIII.Joe's Shotgun Secures a Supper[102]
XIV.The Lonely Vigil of the Coast Patrol[110]
XV.The Power of Music[117]
XVI.Darry Meets with a Rebuff[124]
XVII.Abner Tells a Little History[132]
XVIII.The Imprisoned Launch[139]
XIX.The Part of an Elder Brother[146]
XX.Bad Luck and Good[154]
XXI.Satisfying the Mortgage[162]
XXII.Abner Hears the News[171]
XXIII.Darry in the Lifeboat[179]
XXIV.The Awakening[191]
XXV.Conclusion[202]

DARRY, THE LIFE SAVER

CHAPTER I

THE HURRICANE

"Will we ever weather this terrible storm?"

It was a half-grown lad who flung this despairing question out; the wind carried the sound of his voice off over the billows; but there came no answer.