The Cruise of the Shining Light
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The outer door was flung open. Came a rush of wind-the noise and wet and lusty stirring of the night. It broke harshly in upon us; 'twas a crashing discord of might and wrath and cruel indifference -- a mocking of this small tragedy. The door was sharply closed against the gale. I heard the wheeze and tread of my uncle in the kitchen. He entered -- his broad face grave and anxious and grieved -- but instantly fled, though I beckoned; for Parson Lute, overcome, it may be; by the impiety of Elizabeth, was upon his knees, fervently praying that the misguided soul might yet by some miraculous mani...
Chapters (54)
- CONTENTS
- THE CRUISE OF THE SHINING LIGHT
- I
- NICHOLAS TOP
- II
- AT THE SIGN OF THE ANCHOR AND CHAIN
- III
- THE CATECHISM AT TWIST TICKLE
- IV
- ON SINISTER BUSINESS
- V
- TAP-TAP ON THE PAVEMENT
- VI
- THE FEET OF CHILDREN
- VII
- TWIN ISLANDS
- VIII
- A MAID O’ WHISPER COVE
- IX
- AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART
- X
- IMPORTED DIRECT
- XI
- THE GRAY STRANGER
- XII
- NEED O’ HASTE
- XIII
- JUDITH ABANDONED
- XIV
- THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM
- XV
- A MEASURE OF PRECAUTION
- XVI
- GREEN PASTURES: AN INTERLUDE
- XVII
- RUM AND RUIN
- XVIII
- A LEGACY OF LOVE
- XIX
- A WORD OF WARNING
- XX
- NO APOLOGY
- XXI
- FOOL’S FORTUNE
- XXII
- GATHERING WINDS
- XXIII
- THE TIDE-RIP
- XXIV
- JOHN CATHER’S FATE
- XXV
- TO SEA
- XXVI
- THE DEVIL’S TEETH
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