align="left">In which a blazing club plays a salutary part, Teddy Brisk declares the ways of his mother, and Billy Topsail looks forward to a battle that no man could win.

Chapter VIII 70 In which Teddy Brisk escapes from the wolfskin bag and determines to use his crutch and Billy Topsail comes to the conclusion that "it looks bad." Chapter IX 76 In which attack is threatened and Billy Topsail strips stark naked in the wind in pursuit of a desperate expedient and with small chance of success. Chapter X 82 In which Teddy Brisk confronts the pack alone and Cracker leads the assault. Chapter XI 87 In which Teddy Brisk gives the strains of a Tight Cove ballad to the north wind, Billy Topsail wins the reward of daring, Cracker finds himself in the way of the evil-doer, and Teddy Brisk's boast makes Doctor Luke laugh. Chapter XII 92 In which Billy Topsail's agreeable qualities win a warm welcome with Doctor Luke at Our Harbour, there is an explosion at Ragged Run, Tommy West drops through the ice and vanishes, and Doctor Luke is in a way never to be warned of the desperate need of his services. Chapter XIII 100 In which Doctor Luke undertakes a feat of daring and endurance and Billy Topsail thinks himself the luckiest lad in the world. Chapter XIV 104 In which Billy Topsail and Doctor Luke take to the ice in the night and Doctor Luke tells Billy Topsail something interesting about Skinflint Sam and Bad-Weather Tom West of Ragged Run. Chapter XV 112 In which Bad-Weather Tom West's curious financial predicament is explained. Chapter XVI 118 In which Doctor Luke and Billy Topsail proceed to accomplish what a cat would never attempt and Doctor Luke looks for a broken back whilst Billy Topsail shouts, "Can you make it?" and hears no answer. Chapter XVII 126 In which rubber ice is encountered and Billy Topsail is asked a pointed question. Chapter XVIII 134 In which discretion urges Doctor Luke to lie still in a pool of water. Chapter XIX 140 In which Doctor Luke and Billy Topsail hesitate in fear on the brink of Tickle-my-Ribs. Chapter XX 149 In which Skinflint Sam of Ragged Run finds himself in a desperate predicament and Bad-Weather Tom West at last has what Skinflint Sam wants. Chapter XXI 158 In which a Crœsus of Ragged Run drives a hard bargain in a gale of wind. Chapter XXII 167 In which Doctor Luke and Billy Topsail go north, and at Candlestick Cove, returning, Doctor Luke finds himself just a bit peckish. Chapter XXIII 174 In which, while Doctor Luke and Billy Topsail rest unsuspecting at Candlestick Cove, Tom Lute, the father of the Little Fiddler of Amen Island, sharpens an axe in the wood-shed, and the reader is left to draw his own conclusions respecting the sinister business. Chapter XXIV 184 In which Bob Likely, the mail-man, interrupts Doctor Luke's departure, in the nick of time, with an astonishing bit of news, and the ice of Ships' Run begins to move to sea in a way to alarm the stout hearted. Chapter XXV 190 In which a stretch of slush is to be crossed and Billy Topsail takes the law in his own hands. Chapter XXVI