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THE CURTAIN By Alexander Macfarlan THE SYRENS By Dot Allan OLD MAN'S YOUTH By William de Morgan THE PURPLE HEIGHTS By M. C. Oemler HAGAR'S HOARD By George Kibbe Turner THE VILLA OF THE PEACOCK By Richard Dehan IN CHANCERY By John Galsworthy SNOW OVER ELDEN By Thomas Moult EUDOCIA By Eden Phillpotts
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I A Reputation Questioned 1
II Hard-Bit Derelicts 10
III The Girl Herself 25
IV "Slant" Allen Retires Again 38
V A Ship of Death 50
VI Compulsory Volunteering 65
VII Rona Comes Aboard 80
VIII I Leave the Island 93
IX A Grim Tale of the Sea 106
X Art and Suspense 124
XI A Hero's Homecoming 142
XII A Bad Man's Plea 180
XIII The Scene of the Final Drama 193
XIV Hell's Hatches Off 206
XV The Face 220
XVI A Sudden Visitor 231
XVII Down the Flume 255
XVIII The Masterpiece 268
XIX After All 282