CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. FISHERMAN DAVY A FISH OUT OF WATER.
CHAPTER II. HUNGER DRIVES HIM A-FISHING.
CHAPTER III. THE FISH ARE AS HUNGRY AS HE IS.
CHAPTER IV. HE LANDS AN UNEXPECTED FISH.
CHAPTER V. A LITTLE ORPHAN MERMAID.
CHAPTER VI. FINDS A HOME OF SOME SORT.
CHAPTER VII. BOAT VERSUS BARDIE.
CHAPTER VIII. CHILDREN WILL BE CHILDREN.
CHAPTER IX. SANDHILLS TURNED TO SAND-HOLES.
CHAPTER X. UNDER THE ROCK.
CHAPTER XI. A WRECKER WRECKED.
CHAPTER XII. HOW TO SELL FISH.
CHAPTER XIII. THE CORONER AND THE CORONET.
CHAPTER XIV. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EVIDENCE.
CHAPTER XV. A VERDICT ON THE JURY.
CHAPTER XVI. TRUTH LIES SOMETIMES IN A WELL.
CHAPTER XVII. FOR A LITTLE CHANGE OF AIR.
CHAPTER XVIII. PUBLIC APPROBATION.
CHAPTER XIX. A CRAFT BEYOND THE LAW.
CHAPTER XX. CONFIDENTIAL INTERCOURSE.
CHAPTER XXI. CROSS-EXAMINATION.
CHAPTER XXII. ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT.
CHAPTER XXIII. INTO GOOD SOCIETY.
CHAPTER XXIV. SOUND INVESTMENTS.
CHAPTER XXV. A LONG GOOD-BYE.
CHAPTER XXVI. BRAUNTON BURROWS.
CHAPTER XXVII. A FINE SPECTACLE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. SOMETHING ABOUT HIM.
CHAPTER XXIX. A VISIT TO A PARSON.
CHAPTER XXX. ON DUTY.
CHAPTER XXXI. TWO LOVERS.
CHAPTER XXXII. AMONG THE SAVAGES.
CHAPTER XXXIII. IN A STATE OF NATURE.
CHAPTER XXXIV WAITING AND LEARNING.
CHAPTER XXXV. THE POLITE FERRYMAN.
CHAPTER XXXVI. UNDER FAIRER AUSPICES.
CHAPTER XXXVII. TWO POOR CHILDREN.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A FINE OLD GENTLEMAN.
CHAPTER XXXIX. NOTICE TO QUIT.
CHAPTER XL. FORCIBLE EJECTMENT.
CHAPTER XLI. THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
CHAPTER XLII. THE LITTLE MAID, AND THE MIDSHIPMAN.
CHAPTER XLIII. A FINE PRICE FOR BARDIE.
CHAPTER XLIV. PROVIDES FOR EDUCATION.
CHAPTER XLV. INTRODUCES A REAL HERO.
CHAPTER XLVI. AFTER SEVEN YEARS.
CHAPTER XLVII. MISCHIEF IN A HOUSEHOLD.
CHAPTER XLVIII. A BREATHLESS DISINTERMENT.
CHAPTER XLIX. ONE WHO HAS INTERRED HIMSELF.
CHAPTER L. A BRAVE MAN RUNS AWAY.
CHAPTER LI. TRIPLE EDUCATION.
CHAPTER LII. GREAT MARCH OF INTELLECT.
CHAPTER LIII. BEATING UP FOR THE NAVY.
CHAPTER LIV. TAMING OF THE SAVAGES.
CHAPTER LV. UPON FOREIGN SERVICE.
CHAPTER LVI. EXILES OF SOCIETY.
CHAPTER LVII. MANY WEAK MOMENTS.
CHAPTER LVIII. MORE HASTE, LESS SPEED.
CHAPTER LIX. IN A ROCKY BOWER.
CHAPTER LX. NELSON AND THE NILE.
CHAPTER LXI. A SAVAGE DEED.
CHAPTER LXII. A RASH YOUNG CAPTAIN.
CHAPTER LXIII. POLLY AT HOME.
CHAPTER LXIV. SUSAN QUITE ACQUITS HERSELF.
CHAPTER LXV. SO DOES POOR OLD DAVY.
CHAPTER LXVI THE MAID AT LAST IS "DENTIFIED."
CHAPTER LXVII. DOG EATS DOG.
CHAPTER LXVIII. THE OLD PITCHER AT THE WELL AGAIN.
THE MAID OF SKER.
Frontispiece.
"All for captain, crew and cargo, was a little helpless child."
THE MAID OF SKER.
BY
R. D. BLACKMORE,
AUTHOR OF
'LORNA DOONE,' 'CLARA VAUGHAN,' AND 'CRADOCK NOWELL.'
᾽Εῥῥε, θεοῑσἱν τ᾽ ἐχθρἐ, κἁι ἀνθρωποισιν ᾰπιστε,
ψυχρῳ ὃς ἐν κὁλπᾣ ποίκιλον ἐιχες ŏφιν.
NEW EDITION,
WITH A FRONTISPIECE.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCXCIII
