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The Captain of the Kansas
by Louis Tracy
AUTHOR OF “THE WINGS OF THE MORNING,” “THE PILLAR OFLIGHT,” 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, nestlingcomfortably among the cushions of her deck chair. A steward was arranging teafor two at a small table. The Kansas, with placid hum of engines, wasspeeding evenly through an azure sea.
“I agree with that opinion most heartily, though, to be sure, so muchdepends on the weather,” replied her friend, Elsie Maxwell, rising topour out the tea. Already the brisk sea-breeze had kissed the Chilean pallorfrom Elsie’s face, which had regained its English peach-bloom. IsobelBaring’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 tropicalgarden.
“I never gave a thought to the weather,” purred Isobel again, asshe subsided more deeply into the cushions.
“Let us hope such a blissful state of mind may be justified. But youknow, dear, we may run into a dreadful gale before we reach the Straits.”
Isobel laughed.
“All the better!” she cried. “People tell me I a