NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1922

Copyright, 1910, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
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Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

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I. Oil Upon the Waters[3]
II. The Sea Waifs[23]
III. The Fire-Room Gang[43]
IV. Mr. Cochran's Temper[63]
V. Mid Fog and Ice[83]
VI. The Missing Boat[102]
VII. The Bonds of Sympathy[121]
VIII. Yankee Topsails[140]
IX. Captain Bracewell's Ship [161]
X. The Call of Duty[179]

ILLUSTRATIONS

"She can't last much longer. Lay into it, my buckos!"[Frontispiece]
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Some one was kneeling on his chest, with a choking grip on his neck[50]
It was easy work to get alongside and pass them a line[110]
David gazed down at the white deck of the Sea Witch[194]