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Title: The Grain Ship

Author: Morgan Robertson

Release Date: August 5, 2008 [EBook #26194]

Language: English

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THE GRAIN SHIP

BY

MORGAN ROBERTSON

PUBLISHED BY
McCLURE'S MAGAZINE
AND
METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE

The contents of this volume first appeared in the following magazines:

"The Grain Ship"--_Harper's Monthly_.
"From the Darkness and the Depths"--_New Story Magazine_.
"Noah's Ark"--_The All-Story Magazine_.
"The Finishing Touch"--_The Popular Magazine_.
"The Rock"--_The Sunday Magazine_.
"The Argonauts"--_Hampton's Magazine_.
"The Married Man"--_The Smart Set_.
"The Triple Alliance"--_Sunday Magazine_.
"Shovels and Bricks"--_Harper's Weekly_.
"Extracts from Noah's Log"--_The Home Magazine_.

CONTENTS

PAGE

THE GRAIN SHIP 1

FROM THE DARKNESS AND THE DEPTHS 27

NOAH'S ARK 61

THE FINISHING TOUCH 84

THE ROCK 102

THE ARGONAUTS 131

THE MARRIED MAN 151

THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE 168

SHOVELS AND BRICKS 192

EXTRACTS FROM NOAH'S LOG 232

THE GRAIN SHIP

I could not help listening to the talk at the next table, because the
orchestra was quiet and the conversation unrestrained; then, too, a
nautical phrasing caught my ear and aroused my attention. For I had
been a lifelong student of nautical matters. A side glance showed me
the speaker, a white-haired, sunburned old fellow in immaculate evening
dress. With him at the table in the restaurant were other similarly
clad men, evidently of good station in life, and in their answers and
comm