WHEN THE COCK CROWS

By WALDRON BAILY

Author of "Heart of the Blue Ridge," "The Homeward Trail," etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY
G. W. GAGE

NEW YORK
BEDFORD PUBLISHING CO.
1918

Copyright 1918, by
BEDFORD PUBLISHING CO.

PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.

TO
Hon. Josephus Daniels
As a token of the author's admiration and respect,
for one who in the greatest crisis in
history has demonstrated to the public
those qualities of courage, determination
and achievement that his
friends have always
known him to
possess.

He bore her with what haste he could to the landing and gently placed her within the blankets.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. Ichabod's Island
CHAPTER II. Among the Breakers
CHAPTER III. A New Calamity
CHAPTER IV. Under the After Awning
CHAPTER V. A Prisoner of Morphia
CHAPTER VI. Hunting a Clue
CHAPTER VII. Stormbound
CHAPTER VIII. The Efficiency of Clam-Broth
CHAPTER IX. Once in a Lifetime
CHAPTER X. Eyes from the Deep
CHAPTER XI. The Awakening of Ichabod
CHAPTER XII. Toward the Unknown
CHAPTER XIII. Among the Fisherfolk
CHAPTER XIV. Garnet the Hero
CHAPTER XV. Adrift with a Madman
CHAPTER XVI. The Coming-out Party
CHAPTER XVII. Strangers at Ichabod's Island
CHAPTER XVIII. The Call of the Dark
CHAPTER XIX. Bottled Up
CHAPTER XX. The Truth Unalloyed
CHAPTER XXI. Sealed Orders
CHAPTER XXII. The Parting Crow
CHAPTER XXIII. The Search up the Shore
CHAPTER XXIV. A Gentleman's Promise
CHAPTER XXV. Doing his Bit

List of Illustrations

He bore her with what haste he could to the landing and gently placed her within the blankets.

She sat down and stared eagerly.

Van Dusen unpinned the note, opened it, and read aloud.

WHEN THE COCK CROWS

CHAPTER I

Ichabod's Island

The tide was at ebb. The noisily rushing spume-spotted waters of the sea were pounding the hard-sand shore of the easterly side of a beautiful island, nestling as a jewel in its setting just within the Capes, which form the shores on either side of Beaufort Inlet, but so exposed that when the winds blow from the sea the full force of the breakers is felt at this point. As this small bit of land is low-lying, more than once when a southeaster has raged, the tiny isle has become entirely submerged.

Man has placed but one habitation upon this toy of the great waters, and that a fisherman's