Munsey's Magazine, March 1919

"The Sea Bride" by Ben Ames Williams

This serialized romantic adventure opens with Faith Kilcup's wedding to Captain Noll Wing, a weathered whaling captain considerably her senior. Their ceremony takes place at her father Jem Kilcup's home before a gathering of family and harbor townsfolk. Faith loves Noll despite the attentions of the rejected Dan'l Tobey. The wedding fire fails to ignite—a disappointment Faith had anticipated as symbolic—which Tobey reluctantly remedies.

The newlyweds board Cap'n Wing's whaling vessel, the Sally Sims. Faith's younger brother Roy has enlisted as ship's boy. The narrative follows Faith below deck to the sparse captain's quarters where she will share cramped accommodations with her new husband. Her reflections reveal long-held devotion to Noll despite their significant age difference. The tone blends domestic sentiment with the maritime setting's severity, establishing tension between Faith's romantic ideals and the harsh realities of whaling-ship life.