# The Secret of the Reef

Author: Bindloss, Harold, 1866-1945

Genre: Category: Adventure

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35823

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Secret+of+the+Reef+Bindloss&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The big liner's smoke streamed straight astern, staining the soft blue of the sky, as, throbbing gently to her engines' stroke, she clove her way through the smooth heave of the North Pacific. Foam blazed with phosphorescent flame beneath her lofty bows and, streaking with green and gold scintillations the long line of hull that gleamed ivory-white in the light of a half moon, boiled up again in fiery splendor in the wake of the twin screws. Mastheads and tall yellow funnels raked across the sky with a measured swing, the long deck slanted gently, its spotless whiteness darkened by the dew, and the draught the boat made struck faint harmonies like the tinkle of elfin harps from wire shrou...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXXII--THE BARRIERS GO DOWN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV--THE GIRL IN THE BOAT](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X--THE WRECK OF THE _KANAWHA](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII--THE STRONG-ROOM](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV--FIGHTING FOR A LIFE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX--THE HIDDEN GOLD](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII--A TRUCE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII--READY FOR THE FRAY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII--PUZZLING QUESTIONS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI--A GHOST OF THE PAST](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV--THE ISLAND](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI--FATHER AND SON](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII--THE FIRST ATTACK](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I--DISMISSED](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII--BOGUS GOLD](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII--ON THE BEACH](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX--THE LAST OF THE WRECK](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI--BLOWN OFF](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II--A NEW VENTURE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII--GRUBSTAKED](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI--A GIFT FROM THE DEAD](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV--PAYING A DEBT](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III--THE FURY OF THE SEA](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V--AN INTERRUPTION](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX--THE MINE AT SNOWY CREEK](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI--JIMMY'S EMBARRASSMENT](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX--A DANGEROUS SECRET](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX--HOUNDED](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI--AN UNEXPECTED DELAY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV--ILLUMINATION](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/16/index.md)
- [mill. He quickened his speed, and when a hoarse shouting reached him he](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII--A WARNING](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII--THE REPULSE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-reef-35823/chapters/13/index.md)