E-text prepared by Colin Bell and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) "'May the Lord help you,' says he in his voice of suet." Hurricane Island By H. B. MARRIOTT WATSON Author of "CAPTAIN FORTUNE," Etc. A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK Copyright, 1904, by H. B. Marriott Watson Copyright in Great Britain Copyright, 1905, by Doubleday, Page & Company Published, February, 1905 TO RICHARD BRERETON MARRIOTT WATSON MY KEEN YET APPRECIATIVE CRITIC, WHO PLEADED ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAINS, THIS TALE OF ADVENTURE BY SEA IS DEDICATED WITH LOVE BY ITS AUTHOR AND HIS [Transcriber's Note: The dedication is incomplete.] CONTENTS