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Title: The Seiners

Author: James B. (James Brendan) Connolly

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THE SEINERS

by

JAMES B. CONNOLLY

Author of "Out of Gloucester," "Jeb Hutton," Etc.

[Illustration: IT WAS THE FINEST KIND OF EXCITEMENT, OUR RUNNING TO
HARBOR]

Charles Scribner's Sons
New York 1910

Copyright, 1904, by
Charles Scribner's Sons

Published, May, 1904

CONTENTS

I. THE NEW VESSEL OF WITHROW'S 1
II. A LITTLE JOG ALONG THE DOCKS 8
III. MINNIE ARKELL 16
IV. LITTLE JOHNNIE DUNCAN STANDS EXAMINATION 27
V. FROM OUT OF CROW'S NEST 35
VI. MAURICE BLAKE GETS A VESSEL 43
VII. CLANCY CROSSES MINNIE ARKELL 51
VIII. THE SEINING FLEET PUTS OUT TO SEA 61
IX. MACKEREL 70
X. WE LOSE OUR SEINE 82
XI. AN OVER-NIGHT BREEZE 87
XII. THE FLEET RUNS TO HARBOR 99
XIII. WESLEY MARRS BRINGS A MESSAGE 119
XIV. A PROSPECT OF NIGHT-SEINING 123
XV. CLANCY TO THE MAST-HEAD 129
XVI. WE GET A FINE SCHOOL 137