RICK DALE

A STORY OF THE NORTHWEST COAST

BY KIRK MUNROE

AUTHOR OF "SNOW-SHOES AND SLEDGES" "THE FUR-SEAL'S TOOTH" THE "MATES"SERIES ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY W. A. ROGERS

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

THE ICE ABOVE GIBRALTAR

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. A Poor Rich Boy
CHAPTER II. The Runaway
CHAPTER III. Alaric Takes a First Lesson
CHAPTER IV. The "Empress" Loses a Passenger
CHAPTER V. First Mate Bonny Brooks
CHAPTER VI. Preparing to be a Sailor
CHAPTER VII. Captain Duff, of the Sloop "Fancy"
CHAPTER VIII. An Unlucky Smash
CHAPTER IX. "Chinks" and "Dope"
CHAPTER X. Puget Sound Smugglers
CHAPTER XI. A Very Trying Experience
CHAPTER XII. A Lesson in Kedging
CHAPTER XIII. Chasing a Mysterious Light
CHAPTER XIV. Bonny's Invention, and How It Worked
CHAPTER XV. Captured by a Revenue-cutter
CHAPTER XVI. Escape of the First Mate and Crew
CHAPTER XVII. Saved by a Little Siwash Kid
CHAPTER XVIII. Life in Skookum John's Camp
CHAPTER XIX. A Treacherous Indian from Neah Bay
CHAPTER XX. An Exciting Race for Liberty
CHAPTER XXI. A Case of Mistaken Identity
CHAPTER XXII. Two Short but Exciting Voyages
CHAPTER XXIII. Alaric Todd's Darkest Hour
CHAPTER XXIV. Phil Ryder Pays a Debt
CHAPTER XXV. Engaged to Interpret for the French
CHAPTER XXVI. Preparing for an Ascent
CHAPTER XXVII. Bonny Commands the Situation...