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Title: The Captain of the Kansas

Author: Louis Tracy

Release Date: October 28, 2006 [EBook #19649]

Language: English

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THE CAPTAIN OF THE KANSAS

BY

LOUIS TRACY

AUTHOR OF "THE WINGS OF THE MORNING," "THE PILLAR OF LIGHT," ETC.

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS -- NEW YORK

Copyright, 1906, by

EDWARD J. CLODE

_Entered at Stationers' Hall_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

ITEMS NOT IN THE MANIFEST

CHAPTER II

WHEREIN THE CAPTAIN KEEPS TO HIS OWN QUARTERS

CHAPTER III

WHEREIN THE CAPTAIN REAPPEARS

CHAPTER IV

ELSIE GOES ON DECK

CHAPTER V

THE KANSAS SUSTAINS A CHECK

CHAPTER VI

--BUT GOES ON AGAIN INTO THE UNKNOWN

CHAPTER VII

UNTIL THE DAWN

CHAPTER VIII

IN A WILD HAVEN

CHAPTER IX

A PROFESSOR OF WITCHCRAFT

CHAPTER X

"MISSING AT LLOYDS"

CHAPTER XI

CONFIDENCES

CHAPTER XII

ENLIGHTENMENT

CHAPTER XIII

THE FIGHT

CHAPTER XIV

THE FIRST WATCH

CHAPTER XV

IN WHICH THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS

CHAPTER XVI

CHRISTOBAL'S TEMPTATION

CHAPTER XVII

A MAN'S METHOD--AND A WOMAN'S

CHAPTER XVIII

A FULL NIGHT

CHAPTER XIX

WHEREIN THE _KANSAS_ RESUMES HER VOYAGE

_The Captain of the Kansas_

CHAPTER I

ITEMS NOT IN THE MANIFEST

"I think I shall enjoy this trip," purred Isobel Baring, nestling
comfortably among the cushions of her deck chair. A steward was
arranging tea for two at a small table. The _Kansas_, with placid hum
of engines, was speeding evenly through an azure sea.

"I agree with that opinion most heartily, though, to be sure, so much
depends on the weather," replied her friend, Elsie Maxwell, rising to
pour out the tea. Already the brisk sea-breeze had kissed the Chilean
pallor from Elsie's face, which had regained its English peach-bloom.
Isobel Baring's complexion was tinged with the warmth of a pomegranate.
At sea, even in the blue Pacific, she carried with her the suggestion
of a