Cap'n Jonah's Fortune _A STORY OF CAPE COD_ BY JAMES A. COOPER ILLUSTRATED BY A. O. SCOTT NEW YORK GEORGE SULLY AND COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY GEORGE SULLY AND COMPANY _All rights reserved_ _Printed in U. S. A._ BOOKS BY JAMES A. COOPER CAP'N ABE, STOREKEEPER CAP'N JONAH'S FORTUNE CONTENTS I. PEARL OF THE CLOTHESLINE II. A BLIND YOUNG MAN III. CAP'N JONAH SETTLES DOWN IV. TOM PETTY REVEALS HIMSELF V. "BETTER A DINNER OF HERBS" VI. ROMANCE AND PEARL HOLDEN VII. GETTING ACQUAINTED VIII. THE BALD TRUTH IX. A SHELL ROAD IDYL X. "PEARLY" XI. AN EVENING WITH CAP'N ABE XII. THE APOSTATE SANTA CLAUS XIII. FAIR AND FOUL WEATHER XIV. VEERING WINDS XV. MISUNDERSTANDINGS XVI. THE ALLEGORY XVII. THE STRONG BOX XVIII. SARAH PETTY TRIMS HER SAILS XIX. THE HIGH HAND XX. THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL XXI. THE WISE MEN OUT OF THE SOUTH XXII. THE STING OF HYPOCRISY XXIII. THE CHRISTMAS GALE XXIV. THE MISTLETOE BOUGH XXV. THE PRICE OF HEROISM XXVI. CAP'N JONAH'S CHALLENGE XXVII. A RIFT IN THE CLOUDS XXVIII. ALL ABOUT A BAD SMELL XXIX. CHRISTMAS EVE AT CAP'N ABE'S XXX. "CHRISTMAS GIFT" ILLUSTRATIONS "My goodness! Comp'ny?" gasped Pearl, staring wide-eyed at the broadly smiling visitor "Belay that!" he commanded in a deep sea growl One after another Cap'n Jonah called off the amount on the certificates He swung to her side, landed with both boots digging into the frozen sand for a foothold CAP'N JONAH'S FORTUNE CHAPTER I PEARL OF THE CLOTHESLINE Washy Gallup, who was general handy man along the Shell Road, came wheeling a barrow past Liphalet Truitt's and the Mariner's Chapel from the direction of Cardhaven proper and the docks. On the barrow was an iron-strapped sea-chest, of a bright blue color and with tarred rope handles. "Wal, Cap'n, we're nigh to your anchorage," Washy declared, setting down the barrow to spit on his hands.