E-text prepared by Annie McGuire from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 34096-h.htm or 34096-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/34096/pg34096-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/34096/34096-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http://www.archive.org/details/shipdwellersstor00painrich [Illustration: WE CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT BEING WILLING TO SAIL PAST--See page 31.] THE SHIP-DWELLERS A Story of a Happy Cruise by ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE Author of "From Van-Dweller to Commuter" "The Tent-Dwellers" Etc. With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs [Illustration] Harper & Brothers Publishers New York and London MCMX * * * * * BOOKS BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE THE SHIP-DWELLERS. Illustrated. 8vo _net_ $1.50 THE TENT-DWELLERS. Illustrated. Post 8vo 1.50 THE HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS BOOK. Illustrated. Post 8vo 1.50 FROM VAN-DWELLER TO COMMUTER. Ill'd. Post 8vo 1.50 LIFE OF THOMAS NAST. Ill'd. 8vo _net_ 5.00 HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, N. Y. * * * * * Copyright, 1910, by HARPER & BROTHERS TO MARK TWAIN HERO OF MY CHILDHOOD INSPIRATION OF MY YOUTH FRIEND OF THESE LATER YEARS CONTENTS