Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: SHE WAS PROMISED TO SLOW JIM TOOL] EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF BY NORMAN DUNCAN AUTHOR OF “THE CRUISE OF THE _SHINING LIGHT_” “DOCTOR LUKE OF THE _LABRADOR_” ETC. ETC NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS MCMVIII Copyright, 1906,1907,1908, by Harper & Brothers. Copyright, 1906, by Houghton, Mifflin, and Company. Copyright, 1905, by The Outlook Company. Copyright, 1907, by The Century Co. _All rights reserved_ Published September, 1908. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. The Wayfarer 1 II. A Matter of Expediency 40 III. The Minstrel 66 IV. The Squall 98 V. The Fool of Skeleton Tickle 132 VI. A Comedy of Candlestick Cove 149 VII. “By-an’-by” Brown of Blunder Cove 182 VIII. They Who Lose at Love 208 IX. The Revolution at Satan’s Trap 231 X. The Surplus 273 ILLUSTRATIONS SHE WAS PROMISED TO SLOW JIM TOOL. Frontispiece “I SEED THE SHAPE OF A MAN LEAP FOR MY PLACE” 62 THE DARK, SMILING SALIM, WITH HIS MAGIC PACK, WAS WELCOME 88 “YOU KEEP YOUR TONGUE OFF POOR LIZABETH” 112 “YOU WAS FIXED ALL RIGHT?” PARSON JAUNT ASKED 178 “OL’ BILL HULK CRAWLIN’ DOWN THE HILL T’ MEETIN’” 276 EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF I—THE WAYFARER