Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Ross Wilburn and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net SONNIE-BOY'S PEOPLE [Illustration: "Look here, Sonnie-Boy. Here's a man says your papa is the greatest man ever was in his line."] SONNIE-BOY'S PEOPLE BY JAMES B. CONNOLLY ILLUSTRATED CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK :::::::::::::::::::::: 1913 COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Published September, 1913 CONTENTS PAGE SONNIE-BOY'S PEOPLE 1 TIM RILEY'S TOUCH 51 IN THE ANCHOR WATCH 95 CROSS COURSES 123 LEARY OF THE "LIGONIER" 167 HOW THEY GOT THE "HATTIE RENNISH" 199 KILLORIN'S CARIBBEAN DAYS 231 THE BATTLE-CRUISE OF THE "SVEND FOYN" 261 THE LAST PASSENGER 285 ILLUSTRATIONS "Look here, Sonnie-Boy. Here's a man says your papa is the greatest man ever was in his line" _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE "And of course your brother is laying great plans to assure his future?" 6 "That two-faced chairman of yours--he never tipped me off you could fight any way except with your hands." 90 The Orion proved to us that she was faster off the wind than we were by rounding Cape Cod before us. 156 It was Drislane she had, his head cuddled on her knees till the tug came and got us. 164 "Just then one came right under her forefoot and another under her counter. And I looks back to the gunboat." 226 The strangers out with revolvers, back my men into the fo'c's'le, and lock them in. 268 'Twas me she walked home with. 276 SONNIE-BOY'S PEOPLE The man with the gold-headed cane had been headed for the cottage, but espying the boy at the water's edge, he changed his course. He crept to within a few paces of the lad before he hailed: "Halloo, little boy! I'll bet I know who your papa is." The boy looked casually around. Seeing that it was a stranger, he faced about and stood respectfully erect. "Mr. Welkie's little boy, aren't you?" "Yes, sir. But I'm 'most six." "Oh-h, I see--a big boy now. But what have you got there?" The boy held up the toy steamer with which he had been playing.