RICK DALE

A STORY OF THE NORTHWEST COAST

BY KIRK MUNROE

AUTHOR OF "SNOW-SHOES AND SLEDGES" "THE FUR-SEAL'S TOOTH" THE "MATES" SERIES ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY W. A. ROGERS

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

THE ICE ABOVE GIBRALTAR

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. A Poor Rich Boy
CHAPTER II. The Runaway
CHAPTER III. Alaric Takes a First Lesson
CHAPTER IV. The "Empress" Loses a Passenger
CHAPTER V. First Mate Bonny Brooks
CHAPTER VI. Preparing to be a Sailor
CHAPTER VII. Captain Duff, of the Sloop "Fancy"
CHAPTER VIII. An Unlucky Smash
CHAPTER IX. "Chinks" and "Dope"
CHAPTER X. Puget Sound Smugglers
CHAPTER XI. A Very Trying Experience
CHAPTER XII. A Lesson in Kedging
CHAPTER XIII. Chasing a Mysterious Light
CHAPTER XIV. Bonny's Invention, and How It Worked
CHAPTER XV. Captured by a Revenue-cutter
CHAPTER XVI. Escape of the First Mate and Crew
CHAPTER XVII. Saved by a Little Siwash Kid
CHAPTER XVIII. Life in Skookum John's Camp
CHAPTER XIX. A Treacherous Indian from Neah Bay
CHAPTER XX. An Exciting Race for Liberty
CHAPTER XXI. A Case of Mistaken Identity
CHAPTER XXII. Two Short but Exciting Voyages
CHAPTER XXIII. Alaric Todd's Darkest Hour
CHAPTER XXIV. Phil Ryder Pays a Debt
CHAPTER XXV. Engaged to Interpret for the French
CHAPTER XXVI. Preparing for an Ascent
CHAPTER XXVII. Bonny Commands the Situation
CHAPTER XXVIII. On the Edge of Paradise Valley
CHAPTER XXIX. Mount Rainier Placed Underfoot
CHAPTER XXX. Blown from the Rim of a Crater
CHAPTER XXXI. A Desperate Situation
CHAPTER XXXII. How a Song Saved Alaric's Life
CHAPTER XXXIII. Laid Up for Repairs