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Title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25)
The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

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THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION

VOLUME XIX

_Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five
Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies
have been printed, of which only Two Thousand
Copies are for sale._

_This is No._ ...........

[Illustration: R. L. S. AND OTHERS IN THE SANS-SOUCI SALOON, BUTARITARI,
GILBERT ISLANDS]

THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON

VOLUME NINETEEN

LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND
WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL
AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM
HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN
AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

THE EBB-TIDE

PAGE
NOTE BY MR. LLOYD OSBOURNE 3

PART I.--THE TRIO

CHAPTER
I. NIGHT ON THE BEACH 7

II. MORNING ON THE BEACH--THE THREE LETTERS 19

III. THE OLD CALABOOSE--DESTINY AT THE DOOR 29

IV. THE YELLOW FLAG 39

V. THE CARGO OF CHAMPAGNE 46

VI. THE PARTNERS