Gascoyne

About this eBook

Author

Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

Title

Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15689

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15689

Release Date

April 23, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GASCOYNE,
2. 2.By R.M. BALLANTYNE. — Author of "Erling the Bold," "The Red Eric," "Deep Down," etc.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.GASCOYNE, — THE SANDAL-WOOD TRADER.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — THE SCHOONER.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — BUMPUS IS FIERY AND PHILOSOPHICAL—MURDEROUS DESIGNS FRUSTRATED.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — A BOUGH WALK ENLIVENED BY RAMBLING TALK—BUMPUS IS "AGREEABLE."
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — THE MISSIONARY—SUSPICIONS, SURPRISES, AND SURMISES.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — THE PASTOR'S HOUSEHOLD—PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — SUSPICIONS ALLAYED AND REAWAKENED.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — MASTER CORRIE CAUGHT NAPPING—SNAKES IN THE GRASS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — A SURPRISE—A BATTLE AND A FIRE.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — BAFFLED AND PERPLEXED—PLANS FOR A RESCUE.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. — THE PURSUIT—POOPY, LED ON BY LOVE AND HATE, RUSHES TO THE RESCUE.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — A GHOST—A TERRIBLE COMBAT ENDING IN A DREADFUL PLUNGE.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — DANGEROUS NAVIGATION AND DOUBTFUL PILOTAGE—MONTAGUE IS HOT, GASCOYNE SARCASTIC.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — DOINGS ON BOARD THE "FOAM."
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — GREATER MYSTERIES THAN EVER—A BOLD MOVE AND A NARROW ESCAPE.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — REMARKABLE DOINGS OF POOPY—EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF RESUSCITATION.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — A WILD CHASE—HOPE, DISAPPOINTMENT, AND DESPAIR—THE SANDAL-WOOD TRADER OUTWITS THE MAN-OF-WAR.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — THE ESCAPE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE GOAT'S PASS—AN ATTACK, A BLOODLESS VICTORY, AND A SERMON.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — SORROW AND SYMPATHY—THE WIDOW BECOMES A PLEADER AND HER SON ENGAGES IN A SINGLE COMBAT.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. — MYSTERIOUS CONSULTATIONS AND PLANS—GASCOYNE ASTONISHES HIS FRIENDS, AND MAKES AN UNEXPECTED CONFESSION.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. — A TERRIBLE DOOM FOR AN INNOCENT MAN.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. — THE RENDEZVOUS—AN EPISODE—PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES—OTHER MATTERS.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. — PLANS PARTIALLY CARRIED OUT—THE CUTTER'S FATE—AND A SERIOUS MISFORTUNE.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. — AN UNEXPECTED MEETING—DOINGS ON THE ISLE OF PALMS—GASCOYNE'S DESPAIR.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. — SURLY DICK THE RESCUE.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. — THE CAPTURE AND THE FIRE.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. — PLEADING FOR LIFE.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. — A PECULIAR CONFIDANT—MORE DIFFICULTIES, AND VARIOUS PLANS TO OVERCOME THEM.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. — BUMPUS IS PERPLEXED—MYSTERIOUS COMMUNINGS, AND A CURIOUS LEAVE-TAKING.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. — MORE LEAVING—DEEP DESIGNS—BUMPUS IN A NEW CAPACITY.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. — THE AMBUSH—THE ESCAPE—RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE—AND CONCLUSION. — THE END.
36. 36.A.L. Burt's Catalogue of Books for Young People by Popular Writers, — 52-58 Duane Street, New York. — BOOKS FOR BOYS.

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