[ xi ] INTRODUCTIO N . There dwells a Wife by the Northern [ 20 ] THE SHANGHAI-ING OF PETER BARLOW. [ 60 ] KEEPING SCHOOL AT 'DEAD FINISH.' [ 71 ] 'NUMBER ONE NORTH RAINBOW.' [ 91 ] THE PROTECTION OF THE 'SPARROWHAWK.' [ 105 ] THE DUKE OF SILVERSHEEN. [ 116 ] THE OFFICER IN CHARGE. [ 179 ] THE MISSION TO DINGO CREEK. [ 229 ] TOLD IN THE 'CORONA'S' CABIN. ON THREE EVENINGS. The First Evening. [ 277 ] A CAPE HORN CHRISTMAS. [i] [iv] [Illustration] [Illustration: ‘Oh! Good Mister Bunyip,’ he quavered, ‘let’s off this oncest.’ (Page 6.)] [Frontispiece [v] |