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The island of the stairs

The island of the stairs

by Cyrus Townsend Brady

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Author
Brady, Cyrus Townsend, 1861-1920
Original Publication
United States: A. L. Burt Company, Publishers,1913.
Credits
Emmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
South Pacific Ocean -- Fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 69130
Release Date
October 11, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE ISLAND OF THE STAIRS
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.EDITOR’S NOTE
  6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
  7. 7.BOOK I WITHIN THE CASTLE WALLS The Bequest of the Old Buccaneer
  8. 8.CHAPTER I WHEREIN I BAIT THE LIVING OVER THE DEAD
  9. 9.CHAPTER II WHICH SHOWS HOW I BROKE THE NEWS
  10. 10.CHAPTER III IN WHICH I DELIVER A LETTER
  11. 11.CHAPTER IV SHOWS HOW TWO PIECES OF PARCHMENT WERE FITTED TOGETHER
  12. 12.CHAPTER V WHEREIN THE DUKE IS MARKED IN FAREWELL
  13. 13.BOOK II ABOARD SHIP IN THE SOUTH SEAS The Murderous Mutineers and the Woman
  14. 14.CHAPTER VI IN WHICH I AM PUNISHED FOR MY PRESUMPTION
  15. 15.CHAPTER VII WHEREIN I BARGAIN FOR A WOMAN
  16. 16.CHAPTER VIII WHEREIN I MAKE ALL CLEAR TO MY LITTLE MISTRESS
  17. 17.CHAPTER IX IN WHICH WE ESCAPE TOGETHER FROM THE SHIP
  18. 18.BOOK III ON THE ISLAND OF MYSTERY The Treasure is Found and Fought For
  19. 19.CHAPTER X IN WHICH WE CROSS THE BARRIER
  20. 20.CHAPTER XI HOW WE EXPLORE THE WONDROUS SHORE
  21. 21.CHAPTER XII INSIDE THE REEF WHICH WAS AT ONCE PROTECTION AND PRISON
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIII IN WHICH WE ENTER THE PLACE OF HORROR
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIV WHEREIN WE FIND THE TREASURE
  24. 24.CHAPTER XV WHEREIN THE SERPENT ENTERS THE EDEN
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVI IN WHICH WE ARE BELEAGUERED IN THE CAVE
  26. 26.CHAPTER XVII HOW WE FIGHT FOR LIFE IN THE CAVERN OF THE TREASURE
  27. 27.CHAPTER XVIII IN WHICH WE PASS THROUGH DARKNESS TO LIGHT AND LIBERTY
  28. 28.BOOK IV ONCE MORE UPON THE SEAS The Treasure Is Brought Home and All Is Well
  29. 29.CHAPTER XIX WHEREIN WE CAPTURE THE SHIP
  30. 30.CHAPTER XX SHOWS HOW WE SAILED TO SAFETY AGAIN
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXI AND LOVE ROUNDS OUT THE TALE
  32. 32.Untitled

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