_ To
       My Own Mother
       and to
       her granddaughter
       Elspeth
       my niece
       To the Reader
       However bleak the Labrador--however naked and desolate that shore--flowers bloom upon it. However bitter the despoiling sea--however cold and rude and merciless--the gentler virtues flourish in the hearts of the folk.... And the glory of the coast--and the glory of the whole world--is mother-love: which began in the beginning and has continued unchanged to this present time--the conspicuous beauty of the fabric of life: the great constant of the problem.
       N. D.
       College Campus,
       Washington, Pennsylvania,
       October 15, 1904. _

Preface
Chapter 1. Our Harbour
Chapter 2. The World From The Watchman
Chapter 3. In The Haven Of Her Arms
Chapter 4. The Shadow
Chapter 5. Mary
Chapter 6. The Man On The Mail-Boat
Chapter 7. The Woman From Wolf Cove
Chapter 8. The Blind And The Blind
Chapter 9. A Wreck On The Thirty Devils
Chapter 10. The Flight
Chapter 11. The Women At The Gate
Chapter 12. Doctor And I
Chapter 13. A Smiling Face
Chapter 14. In The Watches Of The Night
Chapter 15. The Wolf
Chapter 16. A Malady Of The Heart
Chapter 17. Hard Practice
Chapter 18. Skipper Tommy Gets A Letter
Chapter 19. The Fate Of The Mail-Boat Doctor
Chapter 20. Christmas Eve At Topmast Tickle
Chapter 21. Down North
Chapter 22. The Way From Heart's Delight
Chapter 23. The Course Of True Love
Chapter 24. The Beginning Of The End
Chapter 25. A Capital Crime
Chapter 26. Decoyed
Chapter 27. The Day Of The Dog
Chapter 28. In Harbour