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قراءة كتاب The Harbor Master
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THE HARBOR MASTER
BY
Theodore Goodridge Roberts
Author of
"Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery," "A Captain of Raleigh's,"
"A Cavalier of Virginia," "Captain Love," "Brothers of Peril"
and "Hemming, the Adventurer."
MADE IN U.S.A.
M.A. DONOHUE & COMPANY
CHICAGO NEW YORK
Copyright, 1911
By Street & Smith
Copyright, 1913
By L.C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)
All rights reserved
First Impression, January, 1913
Second Impression, February, 1913
The English edition of this book is entitled "The Toll of the Tides," but the American publishers have preferred to retain the author's original title, "The Harbor Master."
CONTENTS
| I. | Black Dennis Nolan | 1 |
| II. | Nolan Shows His Aptitude for Command | 19 |
| III. | Foxey Jack Quinn Slips Away | 36 |
| IV. | Dead Man's Diamonds | 54 |
| V. | Father McQueen Visits His Flock | 64 |
| VI. | The Girl from the Cross-trees | 86 |
| VII. | The Gold of the "Royal William" | 101 |
| VIII. | The Skipper Struggles Against Superstition | 115 |
| IX. | Some Early Visits | 135 |
| X. | Mary Kavanagh | 147 |
| XI. | The Skipper Carries a Letter | 164 |
| XII. | Dick Lynch Goes on the War-path | 181 |
| XIII. | Bill Brennen Preaches Loyalty | 194 |
| XIV. | Dick Lynch Meets Mr. Darling | 210 |
| XV. | Mr. Darling Sets Out on a Journey | 225 |
| XVI. | Mr. Darling Arrives in Chance Along | 235 |
| XVII. | Mary Kavanagh Uses Her Wits | 250 |
| XVIII. | Mother Nolan Does Some Spying | 265 |
| XIX. | Mary at Work Again | 279 |
| XX. | Father McQueen's Return | 292 |
CHAPTER I
BLACK DENNIS NOLAN
At the back of a deep cleft in the formidable cliffs, somewhere between Cape Race to the southward and St. John's to the northward, hides the little hamlet of Chance Along. As to its geographical position, this is sufficient. In the green sea in front of the cleft, and almost closing the mouth of it, lie a number of great boulders, as if the breech in the solid cliff had been made by some giant force that had broken and dragged forth the primeval rock, only to leave the refuse of its toil to lie forever in the edge of the tide, to fret the gnawing currents. At low tide a narrow strip of black shingle shows between the nearer of these titanic fragments and the face of the cliff. The force has been at work at other points of the coast as well. A mile or so to the north it has broken down and scattered seaward a great section of the cliff, scarring the water with a hundred jagged menaces to navigation, and leaving behind it a torn sea front and a wide, uneven beach. About three miles