CHAPTER PAGE
I.A Waif of the Sea[11]
II.On Board the “Curlew”[25]
III.The Hauling of the Seine[37]
IV.A Sudden Disaster[51]
V.Saved by Electricity[64]
VI.The Gale on George’s[78]
VII.A Struggle for a Life[92]
VIII.A False Friend, and an Open Enemy[105]
IX.Kidnapped.--The Promise[119]
X.Trawls and Whales[132]
XI.Surrounded by Arctic Ice[145]
XII.An Ice Cave and its Prisoners[159]
XIII.Lost in the Fog[172]
XIV.The Secret of the Golden Ball[186]
XV.A Wonderful Meeting[200]
XVI.Navigating the Brig[213]
XVII.Overboard and Inboard[227]
XVIII.News from Home[240]
XIX.The Devil-fish of Flemish Cap[253]
XX.On the Coast of Iceland[266]
XXI.Tempted from Duty[279]
XXII.The Steam-yacht “Saga”[292]
XXIII.Ponies and Geysers[306]
XXIV.A Dorymate’s Home[319]
XXV.Startling Discoveries[332]
XXVI.Proud of being a Yankee[345]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE LITTLE FELLOW SMILED IN THE WEATHER-BEATEN FACE[Frontispiece.]
“I CAME TO YOU FROM THE SEA,” HE SAID, PATTING HER THIN CHEEKSFaces page[28]
“SEEMS TO ME I WOULDN’T FEEL SO BAD ABOUT IT IF I WAS YOU” ” ”[44]
“THAT GENTLEMAN THERE REFUSES TO RETURN A GOLD BALL AND CHAIN THAT I HANDED HIM FOR EXAMINATION” ” ”[52]
IN ANOTHER MOMENT IT FLASHES FULL IN THE WHITE FACES OF BREEZE McCLOUD AND HIS COMPANIONS ” ”[68]
“YOU’RE CRAZY, LAD! YOU CAN’T LIVE A MINUTE IN SUCH A SEA” ” ”[90]
THERE WAS A LONG, FIRM HAND-CLASP BETWEEN THEM ” ”[98]
“QUICK, NOW! LET’S GET HIM ABOARD THIS SCHOONER” ” ”[116]
A LARGE WHALE ROSE TO THE SURFACE TO BLOW ” ”[140]
IN A MINUTE MORE THEY HAD SNATCHED THE BUOY FROM THE ICE-RAFT ” ”[150]
AND THE TWO ATHLETIC YOUNG FELLOWS DREW THE ALMOST HELPLESS FORM OF THEIR SHIPMATE SLOWLY BUT STEADILY TO WHERE THEY STOOD ” ”[166]
“BLOW, SONNY, BLOW!” CRIED ONE OF THE MEN ” ”[174]
NOT A HUMAN BEING WAS TO BE SEEN ON BOARD OF HER, NOR DID THEIR HAIL RECEIVE ANY ANSWER ” ”[198]#
“ME AN’ DE CAP’N, WE’S BEEN HABIN’ A MONS’ROUS HARD TIME” ” ”[204]
“BLESS MY SOUL, IF IT ISN’T BREEZE McCLOUD!” ” ”[238]
NIMBUS, RAISING HIM CLEAR OF THE DECK, HELD HIM AT ARM’S-LENGTH ABOVE HIS HEAD ” ”[242]
MATEO, WITH A HOWL OF DISMAY, HAD DARTED FORWARD AND VANISHED IN THE FORECASTLE; WHILE NIMBUS, WITH A YELL OF AFFRIGHT, HAD ROLLED AFT ” ”[260]
THE FIRST VIEW OF ICELAND ” ”[266]
THE YACHT CAME DIRECTLY TOWARDS THEM ” ”[288]
BREEZE’S WELCOME TO THE ”SAGA” ” ”[292]
“YOU OUGHT TO HAVE WORN A DIVING SUIT, NIMBUS,”
SAID BREEZE ” ”[310]
THOSE ON BOARD THE GREAT STEAMER GAZED WITH ADMIRATION AT THE DAINTY YACHT ” ”[326]
BREEZE STARED IN AMAZEMENT AT WOLFE’S MOTHER ” ”[332]
BREEZE’S WELCOME HOME ” ”[350]

Do you carry a dory, captain?

Do you carry a dory on your deck?

Manned by two bold fishermen,

To save a life or board a wreck.

Landsmen cry, “Man the life-boat!” captain,

“Man the life-boat off our coast!”