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To
L. A. H. L.

WHOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN SIMILAR FIELDS
ARE MUCH MORE VERSATILE THAN
_LUCETTA'S_
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY
INSCRIBED BY

"P-D."

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE 1

II. AMATEUR CASTAWAYS 14

III. SENSIBLE SHOES 26

IV. IN THE NIGHT 38

V. A SECRET FOR ONE 45

VI. CANOEDLINGS 61

VII. _ROULANT MA BOULE_ 76

VIII. CRACKING VENEERS 88

IX. SHIPWRECK 98

X. HORRORS 111

XI. "A CRACKLING OF THORNS" 120

XII. IN SEARCH OF AN ANCESTOR 128

XIII. AT CAMP COUSIN 145

XIV. OF THE NAME OF BANDISH 157

XV. JEAN BA'TISTE 169

XVI. _MARCHONS!_ 180

XVII. ROOTS AND HERBS 191

XVIII. HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS 203

XIX. IN DURANCE VILE 214

XX. WATSON GRIDER 226

XXI. THE FAIRY FORTUNE 237

ILLUSTRATIONS

"No," said Prime soberly; "it was--er--it looks as if
it might have been an aeroplane" _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

"Is it good?" she asked, when he had inhaled the first
deep breath 52

"Hold her!" he shouted. "We've got to make the
shore, if it smashes us!" 108

"_Vraiment!_ she's one good gon," he commente