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Title: The Cruise of the Shining Light

Author: Norman Duncan

Release Date: August 15, 2009 [EBook #29696]

Language: English

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THE CRUISE OF THE SHINING LIGHT

BY

NORMAN DUNCAN

AUTHOR OF

"Doctor Luke of the Labrador", "The Way of the Sea"

NEW YORK AND LONDON

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

MCMVII

Copyright, 1907, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved.

Published April, 1907.

TO

MY ELDER BROTHER

ROBERT KENNEDY DUNCAN

THIS BOOK IS

AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. NICHOLAS TOP 1
II. AT THE SIGN OF THE ANCHOR AND CHAIN 10
III. THE CATECHISM AT TWIST TICKLE 27
IV. ON SINISTER BUSINESS 38
V. TAP-TAP ON THE PAVEMENT 45
VI. THE FEET OF CHILDREN 54
VII. TWIN ISLANDS 69
VIII. A MAID O' WHISPER COVE 75
IX. AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART 89
X. IMPORTED DIRECT 104
XI. THE GRAY STRANGER 120
XII. NEED O' HASTE 138
XIII. JUDITH ABANDONED 154
XIV. THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM 169
XV. A MEASURE OF PRECAUTION 174
XVI. GREEN PASTURES: AN INTERLUDE 188
XVII. RUM AND RUIN 203
XVIII. A LEGACY OF LOVE 219
XIX. A WORD OF WARNING