LII. HARE AND HOUND LIII. OLD TOADIE LIV. THE PARSON'S AGONY LV. PRETTY POLLY-KISS-ME-QUICK LVI. THE RACE FOR THE COTTAGE III THE SHADOW OF THE WOMAN LVII. THE PARLEY LVIII. THE PLANK CAPONIER LIX. MISS BLOSSOM LX. THE TWO PRAYERS LXI. KNAPP'S RETURN LXII. THE PARSON MUSES IV THE GENTLEMAN'S LAST CARD LXIII. NELSON'S TOPSAILS LXIV. RUMBLINGS OF THUNDER LXV. THE DOINGS IN THE CREEK LXVI. BUGLES LXVII. THE ACE OF TRUMPS V THE FORLORN HOPE LXVIII. THE BLESSING LXIX. THE PARSON'S SORTIE LXX. THE LAST OF OLD FAITHFUL LXXI. ON THE SHINGLE-BANK LXXII. THE RACE FOR THE LUGGER LXXIII. _NOBLESSE OBLIGE_ BOOK IV _NELSON_ I H.M.S. _MEDUSA_ LXXIV. NATURE, THE COMFORTER LXXV. ON THE DECK OF THE _MEDUSA_ LXXVI. IN THE CABIN OF THE _MEDUSA_ LXXVII. THE _MEDUSA_ GOES ABOUT LXXVIII. NELSON'S HEART LXXIX. IN THE CABIN AGAIN LXXX. THE _MEDUSA_ DIPS HER ENSIGN II KNAPP'S STORY LXXXI. THE RETURN LXXXII. BACK TO THE DOOR LXXXIII. PIPER PRAYS LXXXIV. IN THE COTTAGE III THE WISH AT EVENING LXXXV. THE SANCTUARY LXXXVI. TWILIGHT LXXXVII. HIS CAUSE LXXXVIII. THE ADVENTURER LXXXIX. THE LAST POST SEPTEMBER 1805 The introductory poem appeared originally in the _Pall Mall Magazine_, and is re-published by permission of the Editor. OUR SEA The Sea! the Sea! Our own home-land, the Sea! 'Tis, as it always was, and still, please God, will be, When we are gone, Our own, Possessing it for Thee, Ours, ours, and ours alone, The Anglo-Saxon Sea. The stripped, moon-shining, naked-bosomed Sea. No jerry-building here; No scenes that once were dear Beneath man's tawdry touch to disappear; Always the same, the Sea, Th' unstable-steadfast Sea. 'Tis, as it always was, and still, please God, will be, When we are gone, Our own, Vice-regents under Thee, Ours, ours, and ours alone, The Anglo-Saxon Sea. The mighty-furrowed, moody-minded Sea.