TO
MY ELDER BROTHER

ROBERT KENNEDY DUNCAN

THIS BOOK IS
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	NICHOLAS TOP	[1]
II.	AT THE SIGN OF THE ANCHOR AND CHAIN	[10]
III.	THE CATECHISM AT TWIST TICKLE	[27]
IV.	ON SINISTER BUSINESS	[38]
V.	TAP-TAP ON THE PAVEMENT	[45]
VI.	THE FEET OF CHILDREN	[54]
VII.	TWIN ISLANDS	[69]
VIII.	A MAID O’ WHISPER COVE	[75]
IX.	AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART	[89]
X.	IMPORTED DIRECT	[104]
XI.	THE GRAY STRANGER	[120]
XII.	NEED O’ HASTE	[138]
XIII.	JUDITH ABANDONED	[154]
XIV.	THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM	[169]
XV.	A MEASURE OF PRECAUTION	[174]
XVI.	GREEN PASTURES: AN INTERLUDE	[188]
XVII.	RUM AND RUIN	[203]
XVIII.	A LEGACY OF LOVE	[219]
XIX.	A WORD OF WARNING	[230]
XX.	NO APOLOGY	[243]
XXI.	FOOL’S FORTUNE	[247]
XXII.	GATHERING WINDS	[264]
XXIII.	THE TIDE-RIP	[276]
XXIV.	JOHN CATHER’S FATE	[290]
XXV.	TO SEA	[305]
XXVI.	THE DEVIL’S TEETH	[323]

THE CRUISE OF THE SHINING LIGHT

The Cruise of the
SHINING LIGHT