The Isle of Seven Moons
By Robert Gordon Anderson
- The Isle of Seven Moons
- Not Taps but Reveille
- The Little Chap
- Leader of Men
For Children
THE
ISLE OF SEVEN MOONS
A ROMANCE OF
UNCHARTED SEAS AND UNTRODDEN SHORES
BY
ROBERT GORDON ANDERSON
AUTHOR OF
"NOT TAPS BUT REVEILLE," "LEADER OF MEN"
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1922
Copyright, 1922
by
Robert Gordon Anderson
Made in the United States of America
To
MARION ANDERSON
Good sailor in fair weather and foul, in
shallow waters and deep. May
winds and tides and stars
befriend you through
the Long Voyage.
CONTENTS
chapter page I. The Port 3 II. "Fairwinds" and "Bluster" 13 III. The Red Baldwin 22 IV. Shadows 28 V. The Light 30 VI. The Dicers 34 VII. "The Big Boys" 47 VIII. The Divine Carlotta 61 IX. "Faithful and True" 70 X. The Isle of Green Stairways 84 XI. Winds of Chance 96 XII. Spring 99 XIII. Carlotta Sees Red 102 XIV. Enter Spanish Dick 119 XV. A Discordant Lohengrin 127 XVI. Behind the Picture 151 XVII. The "Aileen" 168 XVIII. The Gypsy of the Sea 183 XIX. The Cafe of Many Tongues 194 XX. The Girl Linda 208 XXI. Land Ho! 215 XXII. Journey's End in ? 221 XXIII. Week-ending in Paradise 227 XXIV. Under the Tarpaulin 233 XXV. Over the Trail 242 XXVI. Some Odd Remarks of Captain Brent 258 XXVII. A Song in the Wilderness 267 XXVIII. A Bulb from the Great White Way 274 XXIX. Twenty-One 286 XXX. Five Paces North 304 XXXI. The Ruby 317 XXXII. The Sentry 336 XXXIII. The Black Yacht 342 XXXIV. On the Trail Again 353 XXXV. A Trick of Fate 367 XXXVI. The Curse of the Gold 376 XXXVII. All Hands Ahoy! 380
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