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

PROLOGUE
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 È 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
THE END

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"Nick thought her adorable in her gray motor bonnet"
"Santa Barbara Mission, with its history and romance"
"Angela was enchanted with the peninsula of Monterey"
"They weren't trees, but people, either nymphs or witches"
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