{"product_id":"2940013488571","title":"MRS. CLIFF'S YACHT","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER                                                           PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  I. ALONE WITH HER WEALTH                                             1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  II. WILLY CROUP DOESN'T KNOW                                         7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III. MISS NANCY SHOTT                                               16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IV. A LAUNCH INTO A NEW LIFE                                        25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  V. A FUR-TRIMMED OVERCOAT AND A SILK HAT                            36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VI. A TEMPERANCE LARK                                               45\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII. MR. BURKE ACCEPTS A RESPONSIBILITY                             59\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. MR. BURKE BEGINS TO MAKE THINGS MOVE IN PLAINTON              68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IX. A MEETING OF HEIRS                                              80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  X. THE INTELLECT OF MISS INCHMAN                                    92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XI. THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW DINING-ROOM                              99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XII. THE THORPEDYKE SISTERS                                        109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIII. MONEY HUNGER                                                 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIV. WILLY CROUP AS A PHILANTHROPIC DIPLOMATIST                    121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XV. MISS NANCY MAKES A CALL                                        128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVI. MR. BURKE MAKES A CALL                                        135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVII. MRS. CLIFF'S YACHT                                           147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII. THE DAWN OF THE GROVE OF THE INCAS                          156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIX. THE \"SUMMER SHELTER\"                                          162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XX. THE SYNOD                                                      169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXI. A TELEGRAM FROM CAPTAIN HORN                                  173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXII. THE \"SUMMER SHELTER\" GOES TO SEA                             182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIII. WILLY CROUP COMES TO THE FRONT                              192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV. CHANGES ON THE \"SUMMER SHELTER\"                              203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXV. A NOTE FOR CAPTAIN BURKE                                      218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI. \"WE'LL STICK TO SHIRLEY!\"                                    228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVII. ON BOARD THE \"DUNKERY BEACON\"                               235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVIII. THE PEOPLE ON THE \"MONTEREY\"                               247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIX. THE \"VITTORIO\" FROM GENOA                                    254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXX. THE BATTLE OF THE MERCHANT SHIPS                              264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXI. \"SHE BACKED!\"                                                273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXII. A HEAD ON THE WATER                                         279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXIII. 11° 30' 19\" N. LAT. by 56° 10' 19\" W. LONG.                286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXIV. PLAINTON, MAINE                                             298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMRS. CLIFF'S YACHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALONE WITH HER WEALTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a beautiful September afternoon in a handsome room of one of the\u003cbr\u003egrand, up-town hotels in New York sat Mrs. Cliff, widow and millionaire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidow of a village merchant, mistress of an unpretending house in the\u003cbr\u003elittle town of Plainton, Maine, and, by strange vicissitudes of fortune,\u003cbr\u003ethe possessor of great wealth, she was on her way from Paris to the\u003cbr\u003escene of that quiet domestic life to which for nearly thirty years she\u003cbr\u003ehad been accustomed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe was alone in the hotel; her friends, Captain Horn and his wife Edna,\u003cbr\u003ewho had crossed the ocean with her, had stayed but a few days in New\u003cbr\u003eYork and had left early that afternoon for Niagara, and she was here by\u003cbr\u003eherself in the hotel, waiting until the hour should arrive when she\u003cbr\u003ewould start on a night train for her home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer position was a peculiar one, altogether new to her. She was\u003cbr\u003eabsolutely independent,--not only could she do what she pleased, but\u003cbr\u003ethere was no one to tell her what it would be well for her to do, wise\u003cbr\u003efor her to do, or unwise. Everything she could possibly want was within\u003cbr\u003eher reach, and there was no reason why she should not have everything\u003cbr\u003eshe wanted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many months she had been possessed of enormous wealth, but never\u003cbr\u003euntil this moment had she felt herself the absolute, untrammelled\u003cbr\u003epossessor of it. Until now Captain Horn, to whom she owed her gold, and\u003cbr\u003ethe power it gave her, had been with her or had exercised an influence\u003cbr\u003eover her. Until the time had come when he could avow the possession of\u003cbr\u003ehis vast treasures, it had been impossible for her to make known her\u003cbr\u003eshare in them, and even after everything had been settled, and they had\u003cbr\u003eall come home together in the finest state-rooms of a great ocean liner,\u003cbr\u003eshe had still felt dependent upon the counsels and judgment of her\u003cbr\u003efriends.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070089445616,"sku":"2940013488571","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013488571_p0.jpg?v=1763593002","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013488571","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}