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Title: Swept Out to Sea
Clint Webb Among the Whalers

Author: W. Bertram Foster

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Language: English

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SWEPT OUT TO SEA

Or
Clint Webb Among the Whalers

by

W. BERT FOSTER

Author of
The Frozen Ship; or, Clint Webb Among the Sealers.
From Sea to Sea; or, Clint Webb on the Windjammer.
The Ocean Express; or, Clint Webb and the Sea Tramp

[Illustration: I Caught Sight of a Big Ship With a Wonderful Lot of
Canvas Set (Swept Out to Sea) (Chapter 28)]

Chicago M. A. Donohue & Co.

Copyright 1913
by M. A. Donohue & Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I--In Which My Cousin and I Have a Serious Falling Out 7
II--In Which is Shown the Result of a Bad Beginning 15
III--In Which I am Anxious to Learn the Particulars
of a Matter of Fourteen Years Standing 22
IV--In Which Ham Mayberry Reveals His Suspicions 34
V--In Which the Old Coachman Goes Somewhat Into Details 43
VI--In Which is Related a Conversation With My Mother 49
VII--In Which I Put Two and Two Together--and Sleep
Aboard the Wavecrest 57
VIII--In Which An Expected Comedy Proves to be a Tragedy 65
IX--In Which I See the Day Dawn Upon a Deserted Ocean 72
X--In Which I Find a Most Remarkable Haven 82
XI--In Which I Am a T