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Francis Hopkinson Smith. Caleb West, Master Diver
Caleb West, Master Diver
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I—THE CAPE ANN SLOOP
CHAPTER II—A MORNING’S MAIL
CHAPTER III—CAPTAIN BRANDT AT THE THROTTLE
CHAPTER IV—AMONG THE BLACKFISH AND TOMCODS
CHAPTER V—AUNTY BELL’S KITCHEN
CHAPTER VI—A LITTLE DINNER FOR FIVE
CHAPTER VII—BETTY’S FIRST PATIENT
CHAPTER VIII—THE “HEAVE HO” OF LONNY BOWLES
CHAPTER IX—WHAT THE BUTCHER SAW
CHAPTER X—STRAINS FROM BOCK’S 'CELLO
CHAPTER XI—CAPTAIN JOE’S TELEGRAM
CHAPTER XII—CAPTAIN JOE’S CREED
CHAPTER XIII—A SHANTY DOOR
CHAPTER XIV—TWO ENVELOPES
CHAPTER XV—A NARROW PATH
CHAPTER XVI—UNDER THE WILLOWS
CHAPTER XVII—THE SONG OF THE FIRE
CHAPTER XVIII—THE EQUINOCTIAL GALE
CHAPTER XIX—FROM THE LANTERN DECK
CHAPTER XX—AT THE PINES
CHAPTER XXI—THE RECORD OF NICKLES, THE COOK
CHAPTER XXII—AFTER THE BATTLE
CHAPTER XXIII—A BROKEN DRAW
CHAPTER XXIV—THE SWINGING GATE
CHAPTER XXV—UNDER THE PITILESS STARS
CHAPTER XXVI—CALEB TRIMS HIS LIGHTS
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Francis Hopkinson Smith
Published by Good Press, 2021
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As Sanford looked toward the site of the new Light a strange sensation came over him. There lay the work on which his reputation would rest and by which he would hereafter be judged. Everything else he had so far accomplished was, he knew, but a preparation for this his greatest undertaking. Not only were the engineering problems involved new to his experience, but in his attitude in regard to them he had gone against all precedents as well as against the judgments of older heads, and had relied almost exclusively upon Captain Joe’s personal skill and pluck. While it was true that he never doubted his ultimate success, there always came a tugging at his heartstrings and a tightening of his throat whenever he looked toward the site of the lighthouse.
Turning from the scene with a long drawn breath, he walked with slackened step down the slope that led to the long dock fronting the captain’s cottage. As he drew nearer he saw that the Screamer had been moored between the captain’s dock (always lumbered with paraphernalia required for sea-work) and the great granite-wharf, which was piled high with enormous cubes of stone, each as big as two pianos.
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