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. III. London: MACMILLAN AND CO. 1880. _The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved._ LONDON: R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR. BREAD STREET HILL. *CONTENTS.* CHAPTER I. A CONFESSION CHAPTER II. ONLY A HEADACHE CHAPTER III. IN THE DARK CHAPTER IV. TO ABSENT FRIENDS! CHAPTER V. SUSPICIONS CHAPTER VI. CERTAINTY CHAPTER VII. A PARABLE CHAPTER VIII. A RELEASE CHAPTER IX. "WHILE THE RIPPLES FOLD UPON SANDS OF GOLD" CHAPTER X. BACKWARD THOUGHTS CHAPTER XI. A TOAST CHAPTER XII. EXPECTATIONS CHAPTER XIII. "YE ARE WELCOME, GLENOGIE!" CHAPTER XIV. THE EQUINOCTIALS AT LAST CHAPTER XV. "FLIEH! AUF! HINAUS!" CHAPTER XVI. AFTER THE GALE CHAPTER XVII. "A GOOD ONE FOR THE LAST" CHAPTER XVIII. ADIEU *WHITE WINGS:* *A Yachting Romance.* *CHAPTER I.* *A CONFESSION.* What could the solitary scouts, coming back from the various points of the island, know of this quick, unwilling cry of pain, and of the forced calm that followed it? They had their own sorrows. There was a gloom upon their faces. One and all bore the same story—not a seal, not a wild duck, not even a rock pigeon anywhere.