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Title: The Harbor Master

Author: Theodore Goodridge Roberts

Release Date: February 1, 2006 [EBook #17658]

Language: English

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THE HARBOR MASTER

BY

THEODORE GOODRIDGE ROBERTS

AUTHOR OF

"Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery," "A Captain of Raleigh's,"
"A Cavalier of Virginia," "Captain Love," "Brothers of Peril"
and "Hemming, the Adventurer."

MADE IN U.S.A.

M.A. DONOHUE & COMPANY
CHICAGO NEW YORK

_Copyright, 1911_

BY STREET & SMITH

_Copyright, 1913_

By L.C. Page & Company

(INCORPORATED)

_All rights reserved_

First Impression, January, 1913
Second Impression, February, 1913

The English edition of this book is entitled "The Toll of the
Tides," but the American publishers have preferred to retain
the author's original title, "The Harbor Master."

CONTENTS PAGE

I. BLACK DENNIS NOLAN 1

II. NOLAN SHOWS HIS APTITUDE FOR COMMAND 19

III. FOXEY JACK QUINN SLIPS AWAY 36

IV. DEAD MAN'S DIAMONDS 54

V. FATHER MCQUEEN VISITS HIS FLOCK 64

VI. THE GIRL FROM THE CROSS-TREES 86

VII. THE GOLD OF THE "ROYAL WILLIAM" 101

VIII. THE SKIPPER STRUGGLES AGAINST SUPERSTITION 115

IX. SOME EARLY VISITS 135

X. MARY KAVANAGH 147

XI. THE SKIPPER CARRIES A LETTER 164

XII. DICK LYNCH GOES ON THE WAR-PATH 181

XIII. BILL BRENNEN PREACHES LOYALTY 194

XIV. DICK LYNCH MEETS MR. DARLING 210

XV. MR. DARLING SETS OUT ON A JOURNEY 225

XVI. MR. DARLING ARRIVES IN CHANCE ALONG 235

XVII. MARY KAVANAGH USES HER WITS 250

XVIII. MOTHER NOLAN DOES SOME SPYING 265

XIX