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CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
The Steamboat Levee
1
II.
"The Votaress"
5
III.
Certain Passengers
9
IV.
The First Two Miles
13
V.
Ramsey Hayle
17
VI.
Hayles's Twins
25
VII.
Supper
31
VIII.
Questions
37
IX.
Sitting Silent
43
X.
Peril
50
XI.
First Night-Watch
57
XII.
Hugh and the Twins
68
XIII.
The Superabounding Ramsey
75
XIV.
The Committee of Seven
83
XV.
Morning Watch
90
XVI.
Phyllis
95
XVII.
"It's a-Happmin' Yit—to We All"
106
XVIII.
Ramsey Wins a Point or Two
113
XIX.
This Way to Womanhood
122
XX.
Ladies' Table
131
XXI.
Ramsey and the Bishop
138
XXII.
Basile and What He Saw
147
XXIII.
A State of Affairs
152
XXIV.
A Senator Enlightened
158
XXV.
"Please Assemble"
164
XXVI.
Alarm and Distress
173
XXVII.
Pilots' Eyes
180
XXVIII.
Words and the "Westwood"
186
XXIX.
Studying the River—Together
195
XXX.
Phyllis Again
203
XXXI.
The Burning Boat
211
XXXII.
A Prophet in the Wilderness
222
XXXIII.
Twins and Texas Tender
229
XXXIV.
The Peacemakers
234
XXXV.
Unsettled Weather
246
XXXVI.
Captain's Room
252
XXXVII.
Basile Uses a Cane
260
XXXVIII.
The Cane Again
272
XXXIX.
Fortitude
280
XL.
GIDEON'S BAND
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