02685cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000520011324500150016526400510018030000470023133600260027833700260030433800360033050000440036650000310041050800140044152015710045553400600202665300250208665300330211165300220214470000390216685600560220585600430226199900190230476293UtSlPG20260610134751.0mcr n260607r20251910utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aRowland, Henry C.q(Henry Cottrell),d1874-193314aThe magnet 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aPublished serially as "The pilot-fish".  aRelease date is 2025-06-14  aAl Haines  a"The magnet: A romance" by Henry C. Rowland is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set aboard a Maine-anchored schooner-yacht, it centers on retired Captain Bell, his three daughters—Cécile, Paula, and Hermione—and their steadfast sailing-master, Christian Heldstrom, whose floating household is shadowed by an eccentric poet, Harold Applebo, in a yawl he trails like a “pilot-fish.” Flirtation, pride, and sudden tests of character entwine as the sisters draw suitors and the poet’s odd chivalry stirs both annoyance and curiosity.  The opening of the story introduces the yacht Shark at Shoal Harbour and sketches the family: choleric gourmand Captain Bell, disciplined “Uncle Chris” Heldstrom, coquettish Cécile, gentle Paula, and fiery Hermione. Huntington Wood, an old suitor, visits as the crew watches for the “Pilot-fish,” Applebo, who arrives in his yawl Daffodil; Bell recounts the poet’s whimsical resolve to follow them so he needn’t choose his own course. Wood learns Applebo is secretly devoted to a lady aboard, while Paula and Cécile trade impressions of the odd celebrity; a farcical failed vol-au-vent spurs Bell to vow a chase to shake the pursuer. At dawn, Hermione’s illicit shore shoot ends in a confrontation with a game-warden until Applebo intervenes, after which a prickly, revealing exchange shows his disdain for her poaching, his abstract approach to love, and a startling reaction to Heldstrom’s name, hinting at deeper ties as the excerpt breaks off. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1910  aCourtship -- Fiction  aMistaken identity -- Fiction  aYachts -- Fiction1 aUnderwood, Clarence F.,d1871-19294 uhttps://archive.org/details/magnetromance00rowluoft40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76293  c117018d117018