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Title: El Diablo

Author: Brayton Norton

Illustrator: Dan Sayre Groesbeck

Release Date: February 8, 2009 [EBook #28022]

Language: English

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[Illustration: "May I come aboard your vessel?"]

EL DIABLO

_By_
BRAYTON NORTON

ILLUSTRATED BY
DAN SAYRE GROESBECK

INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright 1921
SUNSET MAGAZINE, INC.

Copyright 1921
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

_Printed in the United States of America_

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

_To_
MY WIFE
"STERLING"

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I FORBIDDEN WATERS 1

II JETSAM OF THE SEA 10

III TANGLED THREADS 18

IV THE WORK OF THEIR FATHERS 30

V THE WAY OF THE GULL 48

VI THE LAW OF THE FISHERMEN 63

VII YOU'LL HAVE TO SHOW ME 72

VIII A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 77

IX DIABLO LUCK 83

X SALVAGE 93

XI REFUSING TO BE BLUFFED 105

XII A WARNING 118

XIII THE STRIKE 133

XIV THE MOTHER OF INVENTION 145

XV BUSINESS AND PLEASURE 160

XVI THE BAITED PAWN 169

XVII THE FANGS OF MASCOLA 180

XVIII THE COST OF DEFEAT 186

XIX ROCK FOLLOWS UP 196

XX PLANS FOR A SHOW-DOWN 211

XXI THE GRAY GHOST 222

XXII STRICTLY ON THE DEFENSIVE 237

XXIII BATTLE OF NORTHWEST HARBOR