Produced by Greg Bergquist, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) 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 [Illustration: THE ICE ABOVE GIBRALTAR] CONTENTS I. A POOR RICH BOY II. THE RUNAWAY III. ALARIC TAKES A FIRST LESSON IV. THE "EMPRESS" LOSES A PASSENGER V. FIRST MATE BONNY BROOKS VI. PREPARING TO BE A SAILOR VII. CAPTAIN DUFF, OF THE SLOOP "FANCY" VIII. AN UNLUCKY SMASH IX. "CHINKS" AND "DOPE" X. PUGET SOUND SMUGGLERS XI. A VERY TRYING EXPERIENCE XII. A LESSON IN KEDGING XIII. CHASING A MYSTERIOUS LIGHT XIV. BONNY'S INVENTION, AND HOW IT WORKED XV. CAPTURED BY A REVENUE-CUTTER XVI. ESCAPE OF THE FIRST MATE AND CREW XVII. SAVED BY A LITTLE SIWASH KID XVIII. LIFE IN SKOOKUM JOHN'S CAMP XIX. A TREACHEROUS INDIAN FROM NEAH BAY XX. AN EXCITING RACE FOR LIBERTY XXI. A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY XXII. TWO SHORT BUT EXCITING VOYAGES XXIII. ALARIC TODD'S DARKEST HOUR XXIV. PHIL RYDER PAYS A DEBT XXV. ENGAGED TO INTERPRET FOR THE FRENCH XXVI. PREPARING FOR AN ASCENT XXVII. BONNY COMMANDS THE SITUATION XXVIII. ON THE EDGE OF PARADISE VALLEY XXIX. MOUNT RAINIER PLACED UNDERFOOT XXX. BLOWN FROM THE RIM OF A CRATER XXXI. A DESPERATE SITUATION XXXII. HOW A SONG SAVED ALARIC'S LIFE XXXIII. LAID UP FOR REPAIRS XXXIV. CHASED BY A MADMAN XXXV. A GANG OF FRIENDLY LOGGERS XXXVI. IN A NORTHWEST LOGGING CAMP XXXVII. WHAT IS A HUMP-DURGIN? XXXVIII. ALARIC AND BONNY AGAIN TAKE TO FLIGHT XXXIX. BONNY DISCOVERS HIS FRIEND THE TRAMP XL. A FLOOD OF LIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS THE ICE ABOVE GIBRALTAR ALARIC MAKES HIS FIRST DECISION "'VELL, I TELL YOU; I GIFS T'VENTY-FIFE'" BONNY'S INVENTION STARTED THE ARRIVAL AT SKOOKUM JOHN'S BONNY SEIZED A TRUCK, AND ALARIC A MATTRESS "BONNY WAS JERKED BACKWARD" "THEY WERE PARALYZED WITH TERROR" RICK DALE CHAPTER I A POOR RICH BOY Alaric Dale Todd was his name, and it was a great grief to him to be called "Allie." Allie Todd was so insignificant and sounded so weak. Besides, Allie was a regular girl's name, as he had been so often told, and expected to be told by each stranger who heard it for the first time. There is so much in a name, after all. We either strive to live up to it, or else it exerts a constant disheartening pull backward.