Captain Brand of the "Centipede"

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Author

Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus), 1819-1869

Title

Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life

Credits

E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Katherine Ward, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries ( www.archive.org/details/toronto)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

West Indies -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

29047

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29047

Release Date

June 5, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Katherine Ward, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries ( http://www.archive.org/details/toronto ) — CAPTAIN BRAND, OF THE “CENTIPEDE.”
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.PART I. — CHAPTER I. SPREADING THE STRANDS. — CHAPTER II. CALM. — CHAPTER III. HIGH NOON. — CHAPTER IV. SUNSET. — CHAPTER V. DARKNESS. — CHAPTER VI. DANGER. — CHAPTER VII. THE MEETING AND MOURNING. — CHAPTER VIII. CAPTAIN BRAND AT HOME. — CHAPTER IX. CAPTAIN AND MATE. — CHAPTER X. AN OLD SPANIARD WITH ONE EYE. — CHAPTER XI. CONVERSATION IN POCKETS AND SLEEVES. — CHAPTER XII. DOCTOR AND PRIEST. — CHAPTER XIII. A MANLY FANDANGO. — CHAPTER XIV. A PIRATES’ DINNER. — CHAPTER XV. DROWNING A MOTHER TO MURDER A DAUGHTER. — CHAPTER XVI. NUPTIALS OF THE GIRL WITH DARK EYES. — CHAPTER XVII. DOOM OF DOÑA LUCIA. — CHAPTER XVIII. END OF THE BANQUET. — CHAPTER XIX. FANDANGO ON ONE LEG. — CHAPTER XX. BUSINESS. — CHAPTER XXI. TREASURE. — CHAPTER XXII. PLEASURE. — CHAPTER XXIII. WORK. — CHAPTER XXIV. CAUGHT IN A NET. — CHAPTER XXV. THE MOUSE THAT GNAWED THE NET. — CHAPTER XXVI. THE HURRICANE. — CHAPTER XXVII. THE VIRGIN MARY. — CHAPTER XXVIII. THE ARK THAT JACK BUILT.
5. 5.PART II. — CHAPTER XXIX. LAYING UP THE STRANDS. — CHAPTER XXX. OLD FRIENDS. — CHAPTER XXXI. THE COMMANDER OF THE “ROSALIE.” — CHAPTER XXXII. A SPLICE PARTED. — CHAPTER XXXIII. THE BLUE PENNANT IN THE CABIN. — CHAPTER XXXIV. THE DEVIL TO PAY. — CHAPTER XXXV. AND THE PITCH HOT. — CHAPTER XXXVI. THE CHASE. — CHAPTER XXXVII. THE WRECK OF THE “CENTIPEDE.” — CHAPTER XXXVIII. VULTURES AND SHARKS. — CHAPTER XXXIX. ESCONDIDO. — CHAPTER XL. PAUL DARCANTEL. — CHAPTER XLI. INSTINCT AND WONDER. — CHAPTER XLII. TRUTH AND TERROR. — CHAPTER XLIII. PEACE AND LOVE. — CHAPTER XLIV. SNUFF OUT OF A DIAMOND BOX. — CHAPTER XLV. LILIES AND SEA-WEED. — CHAPTER XLVI. PARTING. — CHAPTER XLVII. DEVOTION. — CHAPTER XLVIII. ALL ALIVE AGAIN. — CHAPTER XLIX. THE ROPE LAID UP. — CHAPTER L. ON A BED OF THORNS.

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