"Mr. Harper was completely out of his depth." (Page 267.) THE SAILOR BY J. C. SNAITH AUTHOR OF "ANNE FEVERSHAM," "BROKE OF COVENDEN," "ARAMINTA," ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY W. A. HOTTINGER THOMAS LANGTON TORONTO 1916 COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "Mr. Harper was completely out of his depth." . . . . . . Frontispiece "A nigger with rings in his ears came forward with a light." "'I was a bit on last night,' she said with well assumed humility."