Produced by Al Haines. WHITE WINGS: A Yachting Romance. BY WILLIAM BLACK, AUTHOR OF "THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A PHAETON," "GREEN PASTURES AND PICCADILLY," ETC. _IN THREE VOLUMES._ VOL. I. London: MACMILLAN AND CO. 1880. _The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved._ LONDON: R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, BREAD STREET HILL. TO OUR *QUEEN MABS,* IN MEMORY OF HER FIRST CRUISE ON BOARD ANY YACHT, THIS RECORD OF OUR LONG SUMMER IDLENESS IN 1878 IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY HER OBLIGED AND HUMBLE SERVANT, _THE AUTHOR._ BRIGHTON, _June_ 1880. *CONTENTS.* CHAPTER I. ON THE QUAY CHAPTER II. MARY AVON CHAPTER III. UNDER WAY CHAPTER IV. A MESSAGE CHAPTER V. A BRAVE CAREER CHAPTER VI. OUR NEW GUESTS CHAPTER VII. NORTHWARD CHAPTER VIII. PLOTS AND COUNTER-PLOTS CHAPTER IX. A WILD STUDIO CHAPTER X. "DUNVEGAN!—OH! DUNVEGAN!" CHAPTER XI. DRAWING NEARER CHAPTER XII. THE OLD SCHOOL AND THE NEW CHAPTER XIII. FERDINAND AND MIRANDA CHAPTER XIV. EVIL TIDINGS CHAPTER XV. TEMPTATION CHAPTER XVI. THROUGH THE DARK *WHITE WINGS:* *A Yachting Romance.* *CHAPTER I.* *ON THE QUAY.*