The Lighthouse
R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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1. Front matter2. I. THE ROCK. II. THE LOVERS AND THE PRESS-GANG. III. OUR HERO OBLIGED TO GO TO SEA. IV. THE BURGLARY. V. THE BELL ROCK INVADED. VI. THE CAPTAIN CHANGES HIS QUARTERS. VII. RUBY IN DIFFICULTIES. VIII THE SCENE CHANGES—RUBY IS VULCANIZED. IX. STORMS AND TROUBLES. X. THE RISING OF THE TIDE—A NARROW ESCAPE. XI. A STORM, AND A DISMAL STATE OF THINGS ON BOARD THE PHAROS. XII. BELL ROCK BILLOWS—AN UNEXPECTED VISIT—A DISASTER AND A RESCUE. XIII. A SLEEPLESS BUT A PLEASANT NIGHT. XIV. SOMEWHAT STATISTICAL. XV. RUBY HAS A RISE IN LIFE, AND A FALL. XVI. NEW ARRANGEMENTS—THE CAPTAIN'S PHILOSOPHY IN REGARD TO PIPEOLOGY. XVII. A MEETING WITH OLD FRIENDS, AND AN EXCURSION. XVIII. THE BATTLE OF ARBROATH, AND OTHER WARLIKE MATTERS. XIX. AN ADVENTURE—SECRETS REVEALED, AND A PRIZE. XX. THE SMUGGLERS ARE "TREATED" TO GIN AND ASTONISHMENT. XXI. THE BELL ROCK AGAIN—A DREARY NIGHT IN A STRANGE HABITATION. XXII. LIFE IN THE BEACON—STORY OF THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE. XXIII. THE STORM. XXIV. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. XXV. THE BELL ROOK IN A FOG—NARROW ESCAPE OF THE SMEATON. XXVI. A SUDDEN AND TREMENDOUS CHANGE IN FORTUNES. XXVII. OTHER THINGS BESIDES MURDER "WILL OUT". XXVIII. THE LIGHTHOUSE COMPLETED—RUBY'S ESCAPE FROM TROUBLE BY A DESPERATE VENTURE. XXIX. THE WRECK. XXX. OLD FRIENDS IN NEW CIRCUMSTANCES. XXXI. MIDNIGHT CHAT IN A LANTERN. XXXII. EVERYDAY LIFE ON THE BELL ROOK, AND OLD MEMORIES RECALLED. XXXIII. CONCLUSION.3. CHAPTER I4. CHAPTER II5. CHAPTER III6. CHAPTER IV7. CHAPTER V8. CHAPTER VI9. CHAPTER VII10. THE SCENE CHANGES—RUBY IS VULCANIZED11. CHAPTER IX12. CHAPTER X13. CHAPTER XI14. CHAPTER XII15. CHAPTER XIII16. CHAPTER XIV17. CHAPTER XV18. CHAPTER XVI19. CHAPTER XVII20. CHAPTER XVIII21. CHAPTER XIX22. CHAPTER XX23. CHAPTER XXI24. CHAPTER XXII25. CHAPTER XXIII26. CHAPTER XXIV27. CHAPTER XXV28. CHAPTER XXVI29. CHAPTER XXVII30. CHAPTER XXVIII31. CHAPTER XXIX32. CHAPTER XXX33. CHAPTER XXXI34. CHAPTER XXXII35. CHAPTER XXXIII