The Birthright

About this eBook

Author

Hocking, Joseph, 1860-1937

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Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Inheritance and succession -- Fiction

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Text

eBook-No.

27591

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27591

Release Date

December 22, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE — BIRTHRIGHT — BY
2. 2.JOSEPH HOCKING — Author of "All Men are Liars" — NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1897 — Copyright, 1896, by Joseph Hocking — BURR PRINTING HOUSE, NEW YORK. — " I made a leap at Sam Liddicoat. "
3. 3.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III — CHAPTER IV — CHAPTER V — CHAPTER VI — CHAPTER VII — CHAPTER VIII — CHAPTER IX — CHAPTER X — CHAPTER XI — CHAPTER XII — CHAPTER XIII — CHAPTER XIV — CHAPTER XV — CHAPTER XVI — CHAPTER XVII — CHAPTER XVIII — CHAPTER XIX — CHAPTER XX — CHAPTER XXI — CHAPTER XXII — CHAPTER XXIII — CHAPTER XXIV — CHAPTER XXV — CHAPTER XXVI
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS. — THE BIRTHRIGHT
5. 5.CHAPTER I — TELLS HOW THE PENNINGTONS LOST PENNINGTON
6. 6.CHAPTER II — TELLS HOW I, JASPER PENNINGTON, TRIED TO GET MY OWN
7. 7.CHAPTER III — HOW I WAS ROBBED OF ELMWATER BARTON; HOW I FLOGGED THE TRESIDDERS, AND WAS PILLORIED BECAUSE OF IT
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — I ESCAPE FROM THE WHIPPING-POST, AND FIND MY WAY TO GRANFER FRADDAM'S CAVE
9. 9.CHAPTER V — I SEE NAOMI PENRYN ON ROCK CALLED THE SPANISH CAVALIER, AND RESCUE HER—WE ESCAPE FROM THE TRESIDDERS
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — I DISCOVER ANOTHER CAVE, AND HEAR A CONVERSATION BETWEEN RICHARD TRESIDDER AND HIS SON
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — I HEAR RICHARD TRESIDDER TELL NAOMI PENRYN'S HISTORY, AND AM IN DANGER OF BEING KILLED BY SMUGGLERS
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — I GO TO KYNANCE COVE WITH CAP'N JACK TRUSCOTT'S GANG, AND MEET HIS DAUGHTER TAMSIN
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — WHAT HAPPENED AT CAP'N JACK'S HOUSE—TAMSIN'S CONFESSION, AND THE SMUGGLERS' PLANS
14. 14.CHAPTER X — WHAT BECAME OF THE WRECKERS' LIGHT—HOW I ESCAPED AND ENTERED PENNINGTON
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — I SEE NAOMI PENRYN, AND AM GREATLY ENCOURAGED, BUT SOON AFTER AM TAKEN PRISONER
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — HOW MY LOVE SAVED ME—WHEN FREE I GO TO SEA, AND MONTHS LATER COME BACK TO BETSEY'S COTTAGE AND HEAR BAD NEWS — " 'Look in the crock, Jasper Pennington,' she said. "
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET—I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI—AFTERWARD I SEE MR. JOHN WESLEY
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — I AM TAKEN PRISONER, AND AFTERWARD EXPERIENCE MANY STRANGE THINGS—I AT LENGTH FIND MYSELF IN A DUNGEON
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — MY EXPERIENCE IN MY PRISON—I AM TOLD TERRIBLE NEWS ABOUT NAOMI
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — I HEAR A STRANGE NOISE IN MY PRISON—THE SECRET PASSAGE WHICH I FOUND—A WILD STRUGGLE, AND A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — TELLS OF THE MANNER OF MY ESCAPE, OF THE STRANGE MAN I MET, AND OF ELI'S STORY OF A BURIED TREASURE
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — HOW I LEFT BEDRUTHEN STEPS AND, AFTER MEETING TAMSIN TRUSCOTT, SOUGHT FOR NAOMI — FOOTNOTE:
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX — TELLS HOW I CLIMBED THE WALL OF THE MANOR HOUSE GARDEN, AND WHAT I SAW — " 'Jasper, Jasper!' she cried. "
24. 24.CHAPTER XX — HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI — HOW I TOOK NAOMI TO MULLION PORTH AND THEN STARTED WITH ELI TO FIND THE TREASURE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII — HOW I FOUND THE SECRET OF THE TREASURE, AND WENT TO THE SCILLY ISLES
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII — HOW WE FOUND THE IRON BOX ON ANNETTE ISLAND, AND THE TERRIBLE ENDING TO OUR ADVENTURE
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV — TELLS OF THE STRANGE REVELATION MADE BY THE MADMAN OF BEDRUTHEN STEPS, AND OF TAMSIN TRUSCOTT'S TREACHERY
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV — HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI — TELLS OF MY FORTUNES IN WINNING BACK MY BIRTHRIGHT, AND FINISHES THE TALE — THE END.

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