CHAPTER I. In the Harbor
CHAPTER II. The Girl on the Ship
CHAPTER III. Some Discourtesies
CHAPTER IV. A Foe and a Friend
CHAPTER V. The Cousin
CHAPTER VI. Murk—and Murder
CHAPTER VII. Evidence
CHAPTER VIII. Lies and Liars
CHAPTER IX. Puzzled
CHAPTER X. On the Trail
CHAPTER XI. Concerning Kate Gilbert
CHAPTER XII. Battered Keys
CHAPTER XIII. A Plan of Campaign
CHAPTER XIV. More Mystery
CHAPTER XV. A Moment of Violence
CHAPTER XVI. Murk Receives a Blow
CHAPTER XVII. Murk is Tempted
CHAPTER XVIII. A Woman's Way
CHAPTER XIX. Coadley Quits
CHAPTER XX. Up the River
CHAPTER XXI. Recognition
CHAPTER XXII. An Unexpected Visitor
CHAPTER XXIII. A Startling Story
CHAPTER XXIV. High-handed Methods
CHAPTER XXV. An Accusation
CHAPTER XXVI. The Truth Comes Out
Now the fog was clearing and the mist was lifting, and the brightsunshine was struggling to penetrate the billows of damp vapor and touchwith its glory the things of the world beneath. In the lower harborthere still was a chorus of sirens and foghorns, as craft of almostevery description made way toward the metropolis or out toward the opensea.
The Manatee, tramp steamer with rusty plates and rattling engines anda lurch like that of a drunken man, wallowed her way in from theturbulent ocean she had fought for three days, her skipper standing onthe bridge