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Author: Ethel May Dell
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THE TIDAL WAVE AND OTHER STORIES
BY
ETHEL M. DELL
AUTHOR OF THE LAMP IN THE DESERT, THE HUNDREDTH CHANCE, GREATHEART, ETC.
1919
BY ETHEL M. DELL
The Way of an Eagle
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The Knave of Diamonds
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The Rocks of Valpr\u00e9
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The Swindler
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The Keeper of the Door
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Bars of Iron
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Rosa Mundi
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The Hundredth Chance
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The Safety Curtain
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Greatheart
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The Lamp in the Desert
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The Tidal Wave
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The Top of the World
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The Obstacle Race
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Three stories in this volume, "The Magic Circle," "The Woman of his Dream," and "The Return Game," were
first published in The Red Magazine, and are reprinted by permission of the Editor.
CONTENTS
THE TIDAL WAVE
THE MAGIC CIRCLE
THE LOOKER-ON
THE TIDAL WAVE AND OTHER STORIES
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THE SECOND FIDDLE
THE WOMAN OF HIS DREAM
THE RETURN GAME
THE TIDAL WAVE
CONTENTS
Still Waters
1.
The Passion-Flower
2.
The Minotaur
3.
The Rising Tide
4.
Midsummer Morning
5.
The Midsummer Moon
6.
The Death Current
7.
The Boon
8.
The Vision
9.
The Long Voyage
10.
Deep Waters
11.
The Safe Haven
12.
CHAPTER I
STILL WATERS
Rufus the Red sat on the edge of his boat with his hands clasped between his knees, staring at nothing. His
nets were spread to dry in the sun; the morning's work was done. Most of the other men had lounged into their
cottages for the midday meal, but the massive red giant sitting on the shore in the merciless heat of noon did
not seem to be thinking of physical needs.
His eyes under their shaggy red brows were fixed with apparent concentration upon his red, hairy legs. Now and then his bare toes gripped the moist sand almost savagely, digging deep furrows; but for the most part he sat in solid contemplation.
There was only one other man within sight along that sunny stretch of sand\u2014a small, dark man with a shaggy,
speckled beard and quick, twinkling eyes. He was at work upon a tangled length of tarred rope, pulling and
twisting with much energy and deftness to straighten out the coil, so that it leaped and writhed in his hands
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