Afforded the Skipper of the
"Black Eagle" to Practice Villainy in the Fog and He
Quiets His Scruples. In Which, also, the Pony Islands
and the Tenth of the Month Come Into Significant
Conjunction_ 247

XXX. _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot
Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ 256

XXXI. _In Which the "Spot Cash" is Picked up by
Blow-Me-Down Rock In Jolly Harbour, Wreckers Threaten
Extinction and the Honour of the Firm Passes into the
Keeping of Billy Topsail_ 266

XXXII. _In Which the "Grand Lake" Conducts Herself In a Most
Peculiar Fashion to the Chagrin of the Crew of the
"Spot Cash"_ 275

XXXIII. _In Which Billy Topsail, Besieged by Wreckers, Sleeps
on Duty and Thereafter Finds Exercise For His Wits. In
Which, also, a Lighted Candle is Suspended Over a Keg
of Powder and Precipitates a Critical Moment While
Billy Topsail Turns Pale With Anxiety_ 281

XXXIV. _In Which Skipper Bill, as a Desperate Expedient,
Contemplates the Use of His Teeth, and Archie
Armstrong, to Save His Honour, Sets Sail in a Basket,
But Seems to Have Come a Cropper_ 291

XXXV. _In Which Many Things Happen: Old Tom Topsail
Declares Himself the Bully to Do It, Mrs. Skipper
William Bounds Down the Path With a Boiled Lobster, the
Mixed Accommodation Sways, Rattles, Roars, Puffs and
Quits on a Grade in the Wilderness, Tom Topsail Loses
His Way in the Fog and Archie Armstrong Gets Despairing
Ear of a Whistle_ 301

XXXVI. _And Last: In Which Archie Armstrong Hangs His Head
in His Father's Office, the Pale Little Clerk Takes a
Desperate Chance, Bill o' Burnt Bay Loses His Breath,
and there is a Grand Dinner in Celebration of the Final
Issue, at Which the Amazement of the Crew of the "Spot
Cash" is Equalled by Nothing in the World Except Their
Delight_ 311

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