Excerpt from The Harbor Master

For a time there were doubters and grumblers, Old men who wagged their heads, and young men who sneered covertly or jeered Openly, and later, as the rule Of Dennis became absolute and some what tyrannical and the hand of Dennis heavy upon men' Of independent ways of thought, there were insurrections and mutinies. But Black Dennis Nolan was equal to every difficulty, even from the Doubters were convinced that he saw clearer than they, grumblers were satisfied, young men who jeered openly were beaten into submission with whatever weapon came most conveniently to hand. Dennis was big, agile, and absolutely fear less, and when he dealt a blow with an oar, a skif'f's thwart, or a pole from a drying-stage, a second effort was seldom required against the same jeerer. Once or twice, Of course, he had to hit many times and was compelled to accept some painful strokes in return. One or two of these encounters are worthy Of treatment in detail, if only to show some thing Of the natures of Black Dennis Nolan and his companions.

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