Woven with the Ship: A Novel of 1865

  CONTENTS

  PART I

  WOVEN WITH THE SHIP

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I.--THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP 9

  II.--HIS LAST COMMAND 16

  III.--THE WOMAN AND THE MAN WHO LOVED HER 23

  IV.--CAST UP BY THE SEA 28

  V.--THE RESCUE 36

  VI.--THE WATER-WITCH 40

  VII.--THE HOME OF THE SEA-MAIDEN 50

  VIII.--"OLD IRONSIDES" 57

  IX.--THE SWORD OF THE CONSTITUTION 65

  X.--FACING WORLD-OLD PROBLEMS 74

  XI.--BLOWS AT THE HEART 80

  XII.--BROKEN RESOLUTIONS 91

  XIII.--LOVE HOLDS THE YOKE-LINES 103

  XIV.--IN THE SHADOW OF THE SHIP 117

  XV.--FORGIVENESS THE FIRST LESSON 123

  XVI.--A CLOUD ON THE HORIZON 130

  XVII.--FREED! 136

  XVIII.--"BUT YET A WOMAN" 143

  XIX.--THE USUAL COURSE 147

  XX.--RIVALS MEETING 152

  XXI.--A HAPPY CONSUMMATION 160

  XXII.--"SAMSON AGONISTES" 168

  L'ENVOI 180

  PART II

  VERACIOUS TALES OF VARIOUS SORTS

  COUPS DE THEATRE

  A VAUDEVILLE TURN 187 Comedy

  THE LAST TRIBUTE TO HIS GENIUS 195 Tragedy

  OUT OF THE WEST

  IN OKLAHOMA 205 An Idyl of the Prairie in Three Flights

  PASSING THE LOVE OF WOMAN 231 The End of a Frontier Tell

  WITH GREAT GUNS AND SMALL

  THE FINAL PROPOSITIONS 245 A Drama of the Civil War

  THE CAPTAIN OF H. B. M. SHIP DIAMOND ROCK 259 The Tale of a Strange Ship off Martinique

  "WHEN LOVELY WOMAN STOOPS TO FOLLY" 278 The Fate of a Coquette of 1815

  SAVED BY HER SLIPPER 293 A Romance of the Border

  "SONNY BOY'S" DIARY 315 An Incident of the War in China

  EXTRAVAGANZAS

  THE AMAZING YARN OF THE BO'S'N'S MATE 331 An Account of an Unusual Prize

  THE DISEMBODIED SPIRIT 346 The Story of a Wandering Sensation