TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected. —A Table of Contents was not in the original work; one has been produced and added by Transcriber. —In original work Chapters X and XI were missing; this peculiarity has been manteined by Transcriber. SEA-GIFT. A NOVEL. BY EDWIN W. FULLER, Author of “THE ANGEL IN THE CLOUD.” NEW YORK: E. J. HALE & SON, PUBLISHERS, MURRAY STREET. 1873. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by E. J. HALE & SON, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I 7 II 12 III 16 IV 20 V 32 VI 46 VII 54 VIII 65 IX 88 XII 98 XIII 109 XIV 115 XV 124 XVI 132 XVII 152 XVIII 173 XIX 180 XX 191 XXI 195 XXII 208 XXIII 213 XXIV 221 XXV 226 XXVI 238 XXVII 243 XXVIII 250 XXIX 253 XXX 261 XXXI 271 XXXII 274 XXXIII 282 XXXIV 293 XXXV 302 XXXVI 312 XXXVII 322 XXXVIII 332 XXXIX 337 XL 339 XLI 343 XLII 350 XLIII 377 XLIV 388 XLV 392 XLVI 400 XLVII 406 PREFACE. READER, my Book is before you! If it has faults, you expect them; therefore excuse. If it has merit, you are surprised; therefore applaud. E. W. F. I AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATE THIS LOVE STORY TO ONE WHO HAS TAUGHT ME THE BEAUTY AND DEPTH OF WOMAN’S LOVE, MY WIFE. SEA-GIFT. CHAPTER I.