CONTENTS
PART I
WOVEN WITH THE SHIP
CHAPTER PAGE
I.--THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP 9
II.--HIS LAST COMMAND 16
III.--THE WOMAN AND THE MAN WHO LOVED HER 23
IV.--CAST UP BY THE SEA 28
V.--THE RESCUE 36
VI.--THE WATER-WITCH 40
VII.--THE HOME OF THE SEA-MAIDEN 50
VIII.--"OLD IRONSIDES" 57
IX.--THE SWORD OF THE CONSTITUTION 65
X.--FACING WORLD-OLD PROBLEMS 74
XI.--BLOWS AT THE HEART 80
XII.--BROKEN RESOLUTIONS 91
XIII.--LOVE HOLDS THE YOKE-LINES 103
XIV.--IN THE SHADOW OF THE SHIP 117
XV.--FORGIVENESS THE FIRST LESSON 123
XVI.--A CLOUD ON THE HORIZON 130
XVII.--FREED! 136
XVIII.--"BUT YET A WOMAN" 143
XIX.--THE USUAL COURSE 147
XXI.--A HAPPY CONSUMMATION 160
XXII.--"SAMSON AGONISTES" 168
L'ENVOI 180
PART II
VERACIOUS TALES OF VARIOUS SORTS
COUPS DE THEATRE
A VAUDEVILLE TURN 187 Comedy
THE LAST TRIBUTE TO HIS GENIUS 195 Tragedy
OUT OF THE WEST
IN OKLAHOMA 205 An Idyl of the Prairie in Three Flights
PASSING THE LOVE OF WOMAN 231 The End of a Frontier Tell
WITH GREAT GUNS AND SMALL
THE FINAL PROPOSITIONS 245 A Drama of the Civil War
THE CAPTAIN OF H. B. M. SHIP DIAMOND ROCK 259 The Tale of a Strange Ship off Martinique
"WHEN LOVELY WOMAN STOOPS TO FOLLY" 278 The Fate of a Coquette of 1815
SAVED BY HER SLIPPER 293 A Romance of the Border
"SONNY BOY'S" DIARY 315 An Incident of the War in China
EXTRAVAGANZAS
THE AMAZING YARN OF THE BO'S'N'S MATE 331 An Account of an Unusual Prize
THE DISEMBODIED SPIRIT 346 The Story of a Wandering Sensation