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Title: Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper

Author: James A. Cooper

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CAP'N ABE, STOREKEEPER

A Story of Cape Cod

by

JAMES A. COOPER

1917

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. A CHOICE
II. CAP'N ABE
III. IN CAP'N ABE'S LIVING-ROOM
IV. THE SHADOW OF COMING EVENTS
V. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NIGHT
VI. BOARDED BY PIRATES
VII. UNDER FIKE
VIII. SOMETHING ABOUT SALT WATER TAFFY
IX. SUSPICION HOVERS
X. WHAT LOUISE THINKS
XI. THE LEADING MAN
XII. THE DESCENT OF AUNT EUPHEMIA
XIII. WASHY GALLUP'S CURIOSITY
XIV. A CHOICE OF CHAPERONS
XV. THE UNEXPECTED
XVI. A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS
XVII. THE ODDS AGAINST HIM
XVIII. SOMETHING BREAKS
XIX. MUCH ADO
XX. THE SUN WORSHIPERS
XXI. DISCOVERIES
XXII. SHOCKING NEWS
XXIII. BETWEEN THE FIRES
XXIV. GRAY DAYS
XXV. AUNT EUPHEMIA MAKES A POINT
XXVI. AT LAST
XXVII. SARGASSO
XXVIII. STORM CLOUDS THREATEN
XXIX. THE SCAR
XXX. WHEN THE STRONG TIDES LIFT
XXXI. AN ANCHOR TO THE SOUL
XXXII. ON THE ROLL OF HONOR

CHAPTER I

A CHOICE

"Of course, my dear, there is nobody but your Aunt Euphemia for you to go
to!"

"Oh, daddy-professor! Nobody? Can we rake or scrape up no other
relative on either side of the family who will take in poor little me for
the summer? You will be home in the fall, of course."

"That is the supposition," Professor Grayling replied, his lips pursed
reflectively. "No. Dear me! there seems nobody."

"But Aunt Euphemia!"

"I know, Lou, I know. She expects you, however. She writes----"

"Yes. She has it all planned," sighed Louise Grayling dejectedly.
"Every move at home or abroad Aunt Euphemia has mapped out for me. When
I am with her I am a mere automaton--only unlike a real marionette I can
feel when she pulls the strings!"

The professor shook h