Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
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VOL. I.
PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
LONDON
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A THREE-STRANDED YARN
BY
W. CLARK RUSSELL
AUTHOR OF
'THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR' 'THE PHANTOM DEATH'
'THE CONVICT SHIP' ETC.
IN THREE VOLUMES—VOL. I.
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1895
CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Miss Otway opens the Story | 1 |
| II. | Marie's Sweetheart | 16 |
| III. | The 'Lady Emma' | 30 |
| IV. | Marie begins her Voyage | 57 |
| V. | The Hidden Life of the Ship | 85 |
| VI. | A Strange Man on Board | 112 |
| VII. | A Race and a Roller | 136 |
| VIII. | A Hurricane | 161 |
| IX. | Dismasted | 190 |
| X. | The Jury-Mast | 212 |
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CHAPTER I MISS OTWAY OPENS THE STORY
I date the opening of this narrative, February 24, 1860.
I was in the drawing-room of my father's house on the afternoon of thatday, awaiting the arrival of Captain Burke, of the ship 'Lady Emma,'and his wife, Mary Burke, who had nursed me and brought me up, andindeed been as a mother to me after my own mother's death in 1854; butshe had left us to marry Captain Edward Burke, and had already made twovoyages round the world with him, and was presently going a third.
My father sat beside the fire reading a newspaper. His name was SirMortimer Otway; he was fourth baronet and a colonel; had seen servicein India, though he had long left the army to set