Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: Cover] [Illustration: The wallowing motor-boat was still right side up. There seemed to be but one person in it. (_See Page 67_)] TOBIAS O’ THE LIGHT _A STORY OF CAPE COD_ BY JAMES A. COOPER AUTHOR OF "CAP’N ABE, STOREKEEPER" AND "CAP’N JONAH’S FORTUNE" ILLUSTRATED BY JOSEPH WYKOFF NEW YORK GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY _All rights reserved_ PRINTED IN U. S. A. BOOKS BY JAMES A. COOPER CAP’N ABE, STOREKEEPER CAP’N JONAH’S FORTUNE TOBIAS O’ THE LIGHT CONTENTS CHAPTER I. A Cry in the Night II. Confidences III. The Apex of the Storm IV. Prophecies V. The Unexpected VI. Dead Men’s Shoes VII. A Newcomer VIII. Philosophy and Other Things IX. The Drop of Wormwood X. Starting Something XI. The Black Squall XII. Troubled Waters XIII. Cross Purposes XIV. A Variety of Happenings XV. Decisive Action XVI. Poison XVII. Real Trouble XVIII. A Clue XIX. Suspicions XX. Put to the Question XXI. The Rising Tide of Doubt XXII. What Frets Lorna XXIII. More than Weather Indications XXIV. Understanding XXV. Across the Years XXVI. High Tide XXVII. What the Night Brought XXVIII. Desperation XXIX. Daybreak XXX. A Silver-Banded Pipe ILLUSTRATIONS The wallowing motor-boat was still right side up. There seemed to be but one person in it. (See Page 67) . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ "I’ll run up to the light to dress," she said "Oh, sugar, Heppy! What’s the matter o’ ye?" "We must do something!" she cried. "Tobias! We *must*!" TOBIAS O’ THE LIGHT CHAPTER I A CRY IN THE NIGHT Old Winter wrapped in his grave clothes stalked the flats and sand dunes about the Twin Rocks Light. Spring had smiled at the grim old fellow only the day before. She would flutter back again anon to dry the longshore wastes and warm to life the scant herbage that tries its best to clothe the Cape Cod barrens. But now the wind blew and the sleet charged against the staff of the lighthouse, masking thickly the glass that defended the huge Argand lamp. Its steady ray filtered through this curtain with difficulty.