COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY
GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY

All rights reserved

PRINTED IN U. S. A.

BOOKS BY
JAMES A. COOPER

CAP'N ABE, STOREKEEPER
CAP'N JONAH'S FORTUNE
TOBIAS O' THE LIGHT

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

  1. [A Cry in the Night]
  2. [Confidences]
  3. [The Apex of the Storm]
  4. [Prophecies]
  5. [The Unexpected]
  6. [Dead Men's Shoes]
  7. [A Newcomer]
  8. [Philosophy and Other Things]
  9. [The Drop of Wormwood]
  10. [Starting Something]
  11. [The Black Squall]
  12. [Troubled Waters]
  13. [Cross Purposes]
  14. [A Variety of Happenings]
  15. [Decisive Action]
  16. [Poison]
  17. [Real Trouble]
  18. [A Clue]
  19. [Suspicions]
  20. [Put to the Question]
  21. [The Rising Tide of Doubt]
  22. [What Frets Lorna]
  23. [More than Weather Indications]
  24. [Understanding]
  25. [Across the Years]
  26. [High Tide]
  27. [What the Night Brought]
  28. [Desperation]
  29. [Daybreak]
  30. [A Silver-Banded Pipe]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[The wallowing motor-boat was still right side up. There seemed to be but one person in it.] (See Page [67]) . . . . . . Frontispiece