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Title: The Port of Adventure

Author: Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

Release Date: February 10, 2004 [EBook #11016]

Language: English

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THE PORT OF ADVENTURE

By

Charles Norris Williamson

and

Alice Muriel Williamson

1913

Published in Great Britain under the title: The Love Pirate.

BY THE SAME AUTHORS

LORD LOVELAND DISCOVERS AMERICA
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHER
LADY BETTY ACROSS THE WATER
MY FRIEND THE CHAUFFEUR
THE LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR
THE GUESTS OF HERCULES
THE PRINCESS VIRGINIA
THE GOLDEN SILENCE
THE CAR OF DESTINY
THE MOTOR MAID
THE CHAPERON
SET IN SILVER
THE HEATHER MOON

TO

THREE FRIENDS IN CALIFORNIA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. IN A GARDEN
II. NICK
III. THE ANNIVERSARY
IV. A GIRL IN MOURNING
V. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NIGHT
VI. WHEN THE TABLES WERE TURNED
VII. A POLICE MYSTERY
VIII. THE GOLD BAG COMEDY
IX. THE LAST ACT OF THE GOLD BAG COMEDY
X. WHEN ANGELA WENT SIGHTSEEING
XI. THE MAN AT THE WHEEL
XII. THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF MAKE-BELIEVE
XIII. FOR THE SAKE OF DRAMATIC EFFECT
XIV. THE MYSTERY OF SAN MIGUEL
XV. THE WISE BIRD IN THE DARK
XVI. ANGELA AT HER WORST
XVII. SEVENTEEN-MILE DRIVE
XVIII. LA DONNA E MOBILE
XIX. THE CITY OF ROMANCE
XX. THE DOOR WITH THE RED LABEL
XXI. "WHO IS MRS. MAY?"
XXII. THE BOX OF MYSTERY
XXIII. THE HAPPY VALLEY
XXIV. THE BEST THING IN HER LIFE
XXV. THE BROKEN MELODY
XXVI. AN INVITATION FROM CARMEN
XXVII. SIMEON HARP
XXVIII. THE DARK CLOUD IN THE CRYSTAL
XXIX. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
XXX. THE MAKING OF A GENTLEMAN
XXXI. THE BREAKING OF THE SPELL
XXXII. AN END--AND A BEGINNING

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"Nick thought her adorable in her gray motor bonnet"

"Santa Barbara Mission, with its histor