title: Women at Sea in the Age of Sail
author:  Donal Baird 
description: <span style=" ">Steve Vernon learned the storytelling tradition from his grandfather. As part of the Writers in the Schools program he now teaches this tradition to Nova Scotia children in schools across the province. His books include </span><em style=" line-height: 21px;">Maritime Murder</em><span style=" ">, </span><em style=" line-height: 21px;">The Lunenburg Werewolf</em><span style=" ">, the children's picture book </span><em style=" line-height: 21px;">Maritime Monsters</em><span style=" ">,</span><em style=" line-height: 21px;"> </em><span style=" ">and</span><em style=" line-height: 21px;"> </em><span style=" ">the YA novel </span><em style=" line-height: 21px;">Sinking Deeper.</em>
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  Book Title:The Motor Girls on the Coast
  
  
  or, The Waif From the Sea
  
  
  
  
  
  Author: Margaret Penrose
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Language: English
  
  
  
  
  
  THE MOTOR GIRLS ON THE COAST
  
  
  
  
  
  Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed
  
  
  Proofreading Team at http://www.fadedpage.com
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## THE MOTOR GIRLS
  
  
  ### ON THE COAST
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  The Waif From the Sea
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## BY
  
  
  ### MARGARET PENROSE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright, 1913, by
  
  
  Cupples & Leon Company
  
  
  
  
  
  **CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. A Flash of Fire 1 II. The**
  
  
  **Strange Woman 13 III. A Strange Story 29 IV. On the Road 41**
  
  
  **V. A Flock of Sheep 52 VI. Jack Is Lost 59 VII. Worries 68**
  
  
  **VIII. The Girl 75 IX. Questions and Answers 85 X. Reunited**
  
  
  **90 XI. The Girls Retaliate 97 XII. At the Cove 106 XIII. The**
  
  
  **Lighthouse Maid 113 XIV. Settling Down 122 XV. Launching**
  
  
  **the “Pet” 130 XVI. Suspicions Strengthened 138 XVII. The**
  
  
  **Light Keeper’s Story 145 XVIII. Belle Swims 154 XIX.**
  
  
  **Gathering 