Synopses & Reviews
CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. I PAY FOB MY PASSAGES TO LOANGO .... 1 II. How I BOARDED THE BRIG GOLDEN HIND . 8 III. I HAVE A SCABE, AND GET OVER IT . . . . 17 IY. CAPTAIN LUKE MAKES ME AN OFFER. ... 25 Y. I GIVE CAPTAIN LUKE MY ANSWER .... 36 YI. I TIE UP MY BBOKEN HEAD, AND TRY TO AT TRACT ATTENTION 44 VII. I ENCOUNTER A GOOD DOCTOB AND A VIOLENT GALE 52 VIII THE HURST CASTLE is DONE FOR 59 IX. ON THE EDGE OF THE SARGASSO SEA .... 66 X. I TAKE A CHEERFUL VIEW OF A BAD SITUATION 73 XL MY GOOD SPIRITS ABE WRUNG OUT OF ME. . 80 XII. I HAVE A FEVEB AND SEE VISIONS 87 Xni. I HEAB A STRANGE CRY IN THE NIGHT ... 95 XIV. OF MY MEETING WITH A MURDERED MAN . . 103 XV. I HAVE SOME TALK WITH A MURDERER ... 110 XVI. I HDD MYSELF OF Two DEAD MEN 119 XVII. How I WALKED MYSELF INTO A MAZE ... 126 XVIIL I FIND THE KEY TO A SEA MYSTERY .... 184 XIX. OF A, GOOD PLAN THAT WENT WRONG WITH ME 142 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE XX. How I SPENT A NIGHT WEARILY .... 150 XXI. MY THIEST is QUENCHED, AND I FIND A COMPASS 157 XXII. I GET SOME FOOD IN ME, AND FORM A CRAZY PLAN 164 XXIII. How I STARTED ON A JOURNEY DUE NORTH 171 XXIV. OF WHAT I FOUND ABOARD A SPANISH GALLEON 178 XXV. I AM THE MASTER OF A GREAT TREASURE 186 XXVI. OF A STRANGE SIGHT THAT I SAW IN THE NIGHT-TIME 192 XXVII. I SET MYSELF TO A HEAVY TASK .... 199 XXVIII. How I BUBBED SHOULDERS WITH DESPAIR 205 XXIX. I GET INTO A SEA CHARNEL-HOUSE ... 213 XXX. I COME TO THE WALL OF MY SEA-PEISON . 220 XXXI. How HOPE DIED OUT OF MY HEART . . 228 XXXII. I FALL IN WITH A FELLOW-PRISONER . . 236 XXXIII. I MAKE A GLAJD DISCOVERY 243 XXXIV. I END A GOOD JOB WELL, AND GET A SET-BACK 250 XXXV. I AM READY FOR A FRESH HAZABD OF FORTUNE 260 XXXVI. How MY CAT PROMISED ME GOOD LUCK. 268 XXXVII. How MY CAT STILL FARTHER CHEERED ME 275 XXXVIII How I FOUGHT MY WAY THROUGH THE SARGASSO WEED 280 XXXTX. WHY MY CAT CALLED OUT TO ME ... 286 THE SARGASSO SEA IN THE SARGASSO SEA I PAY FOR MY PASSAGE TO LOASTGO CAPTAIN LUKE CHILTOZ counted over the five dollar notes with a greater care than I thought was necessary, considering that there were only ten of them and cautiously examined each separate one, as though he feared that I might be trying to pay for my passage in bad money. His show of dis trust set my back up, and I came near to damning him right out for his impudence until I reflected that a West Coast trader must pretty well divide bis time between cheating people and seeing to it that he isnt cheated, and so held my tongue. Having satisfied himself that the tale was cor rect and that the notes were genuine, he brought out from the inside pocket of his long-tailed shore going coat a big canvas pocket-book, into which he stowed them lengthwise and from the glimpse I had of it I fancied that until my money got there A I IN THE SARG SSO SEA it was about bare. As tie f ut away the pocket book, he said, and pleasantly enough You see, Mr...