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[Illustration: "THEY SAILED ON, IN THE MOONLIGHT"

(See page 297)]


  The Sandman:

  His Sea
  Stories

  By
  William J. Hopkins

  Author of "The Sandman: His Farm Stories,"
  "The Sandman: More Farm Stories," "The
  Sandman: His Ship Stories," etc.

  With Forty Illustrations by
  Diantha W. Horne

  This special edition is published by arrangement
  with the publisher of the regular edition,
  The Page Company.

  CADMUS BOOKS
  E. M. HALE
  AND COMPANY

  CHICAGO

  _Copyright, 1908_

  BY THE PAGE COMPANY

  _All rights reserved_

  Made in U.S.A.




CONTENTS


                                                           PAGE

  THE SEPTEMBER-GALE STORY                                    1

  THE FIRE STORY                                             31

  THE PORPOISE STORY                                         44

  THE SEAWEED STORY                                          57

  THE FLYING-FISH STORY                                      74

  THE LOG-BOOK STORY                                         85

  THE SHARK STORY                                           102

  THE CHRISTMAS STORY                                       120

  THE SOUNDING STORY                                        139

  THE TEAK-WOOD STORY                                       153

  THE STOWAWAY STORY                                        171

  THE ALBATROSS STORY                                       185

  THE DERELICT STORY                                        194

  THE LIGHTHOUSE STORY                                      210

  THE RUNAWAY STORY                                         222

  THE TRAFALGAR STORY                                       243

  THE CARGO STORY                                           253

  THE PRIVATEER STORY                                       270

  THE RACE STORY                                            291

  THE PILOT STORY                                           310

  THE DRIFTWOOD STORY                                       325




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


  "They sailed on, in the moonlight." (See page 297)       _Frontispiece_

  "Sometimes he had to hold on to the fences"                         11

  "They saw all sorts of things going up the river"                   23

  "A great tree that was blown down"                                  29

  "It floated, burning, for a few minutes"                            42

  "They swam in a funny sort of way"                                  48

  "They had more porpoises on deck than you would
  have thought that they could possibly use"                          55

  "The surface of the sea seemed covered with them"                   65

  "They amused themselves for a long time"                            72

  "A school of fish suddenly leaped out of the water"                 78

  "The sailors were having a good time"                               81

  The Hour Glass                                                      90

  "Little Jacob liked to watch Captain Solomon"                       93

  "'Right there,' he said, 'you can see his back fin'"               109

  The Shark                                                          114

  "'Yes, little lad,' he said. 'For you--if you want it'"            129

  Christmas Island, 1st View, bearing N by E                         132

  Christmas Island, 2nd View, bearing SW                             133

  "Little Jacob watched it... settle into the ocean"                138

  The Lead                                                           149

  "He walked all around the great yard with the boys on
  his back"                                                          167

  "He was in the hold of the ship"                                   177

  The Albatross                                                      188

  "They watched it the day after the next, too"                      192

  "Captain Solomon... was watching the moon"                        199

  "The fire blazed up, higher and higher"                            207

  "At last he went to sleep"                                         213

  The Lighthouse                                                     220

  "It was a beautiful farm"                                          225

  "Took up his bundle and went out the wide gate"                    231

  "He started up, thinking of the farm at home"                      235

  The Bags of Money                                                  251

  "Ran to get another bucket"                                        267

  "With guns and swords and cutlasses"                               272

  "That was a signal for the _Industry_ to stop"                277

  "It was a bigger flag than the first one"                          280

  "He took it up and looked, very carefully"                         315

  "The sloop was on her way"                                         319

  "Many times had she been tied up at that wharf"                    329

  "At last the arm-chair was all done"                               338

  The Model of the _Industry_                                   342




_The Sandman: His Sea Stories_

MORE STORIES OF THE BRIG "INDUSTRY"




THE SEPTEMBER-GALE STORY


Once upon a time there was a wide river that ran into the ocean, and
beside it was a little city. And in that city was a wharf where great
ships came from far countries. And a narrow road led down a very steep
hill to that