Produced by Marius Masi, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's notes: Fixed typographical error: In page 427 "that he returned somehow to San Francisco and died in the hosiptal." was changed to "that he returned somehow to San Francisco and died in the HOSPITAL." Text following a carat character (^) was superscript in the original (example: a^2). THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SWANSTON EDITION VOLUME XIII _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No._ ........... [Illustration: THE BACK VERANDAH AT VAILIMA] THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON VOLUME THIRTEEN LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS THE WRECKER PROLOGUE PAGE IN THE MARQUESAS 5 THE YARN CHAPTER I. A SOUND COMMERCIAL EDUCATION 19 II. ROUSSILLON WINE 32 III. TO INTRODUCE MR. PINKERTON 43 IV. IN WHICH I EXPERIENCE EXTREMES OF FORTUNE 58 V. IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS 71 VI. IN WHICH I GO WEST 86 VII. IRONS IN THE FIRE: _Opes Strepitumque_ 102 VIII. FACES ON THE CITY FRONT 126 IX. THE WRECK OF THE _FLYING SCUD_ 139 X. IN WHICH THE CREW VANISH 154 XI. IN WHICH JIM AND I TAKE DIFFERENT WAYS 179 XII. THE _NORAH CREINA_ 194 XIII. THE ISLAND AND THE WRECK 210 XIV. THE CABIN OF THE _FLYING SCUD_ 222 XV. THE CARGO OF THE _FLYING SCUD_ 237 XVI. IN WHICH I TURN SMUGGLER, AND THE CAPTAIN CASUIST 251 XVII. LIGHT FROM THE MAN OF WAR 264 XVIII. CROSS-QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS 278 XIX. TRAVELS WITH A SHYSTER 294 XX. STALLBRIDGE-LE-CARTHEW 317 XXI. FACE TO FACE 330 XXII. THE REMITTANCE MAN 338 XXIII. THE BUDGET OF THE _CURRENCY LASS_ 363 XXIV. A HARD BARGAIN 388 XXV. A BAD BARGAIN 402 EPILOGUE TO WILL H. LOW 427 THE WRECKER WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH