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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE CHALK PIPE . • • •
HE EASILY BORROWED Six DOLLARS
BESIEGING THE PILOT . * .
*Tni8 is NINE-MILK POINT' * .
'Coara! TURN OUT* * .

A MINUTE LATEB . . . .
YOU'BB A SMART ONB • .

GET A MEMORANDUM BOOK . .
A SUMPTUOUS TEMPLB . .

Music AND GAMES , . . .
RIVER INSPECTORS * « . «
A TANGLED KNOT . • * .
INSENSIBLY THEY D«uw TOGETHEB
STAND BY, NOW 1 . . . .
SHOULDEB TO SHOULDKB * . .
<OVEB SHE GOES! \ ...
LOADING- AND FIRING. . . .
CHANGING WATCH . . . .
ALL WELL — BUT MJB . . . *

LEARNING THE El YES . . .

LEARN MB OB KILL Ms . , .

'THAT'S A REEF* .

* SET HER BACK * . . . .
MB. BIXBY STEPPED usnro VIEW .
I STOOD LOCK ONE BEWITCHKD .
SUNSET VIEWS .....
WEABING A TOOTHPICK . .

* DO YOU SEE THAT STUMP ? ' . .
DBIFTING LOGS . . * .
THB ORATOR OF THE Scow . •
GAMBLING DOWN BELOW . .
TOW-BOAT SUPREMACY . * *
TBACT DISTBIBUTOTG . . .

YELLOW-FACED MTRTCRA'BT.IM^ . .

ON A SHORELESS SEA . . .
THB PHANTOM ASSUMED

S0Boi>r THERB .
DAKK PILOTING
SOUNDING . ..
OH, HOW AWTUI.!

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HAULED ABOARD » • . . 121
ON SOUNDINGS • . * 122
A CITY STREET . . . 124
LET A LEADSMAN CKY *HALF
TWAIN!'.....12£
OH, I KNEW HIM! . * . . 127
So FULL OF LAUGH ! 12&
SCARED TO DEATH , . . . ISO1
WHERE is MR. BIXBY?. . * 131
IF You LOVE ME, BACK HEB ! . 134
BACK HER, BACK HER! • 13&
VEBY BRIEF AUTHORITY . * » 137
TREATED WITH MARKED DEFE-
RENCE ...... 139
You TAKE MY BOAT . . . 14fr
No FOOLIN'I.....141
WENT TO WHISTLING. * . * 14$
STEAMER AT NIGHT . • 145-
BUBST INTO A FURY . * * . 147
RESURRECTED PILOTS * , 149-
THE CAPTAIN STORSIED , . . 151
THE SIGN OF MEMBERSHIP . . 152
POSTING HIS REPORT . . . 155
ADDED TO THE FOLD . . . 157
A JUSTIFIABLE ADVANCE . . . 159*
STEAMBOAT TIME . , . . 16&
DROWSY ENGINEERS « • . . 165-
BRASS BANDS BRAY . . . 167
THK^ PARTING CHORUS » . . 16$
RACE OF THE LEE AND THE
NATCHEZ ..... 172
DANGEROUS DITCHING * . . 174
A SCIENTIST » • . . « 176
DELUGED AND CAREENED . . . 177
THB SPECTRE STEAMER . * * 173
*MY, WHAT A RACK FVB HAD!'. 180
BEAMING BBNIGNAITTLY . . . 182
THB DEBT-PAYEB . . » lg$
PILOT BROWN.....135
*ABB You HORACE BIGSBY'S
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