The Nameless Island

About this eBook

Author

Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis), 1876-1959

Title

The Nameless Island: A Story of Some Modern Robinson Crusoes

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Islands of the Pacific -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

37652

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37652

Release Date

October 7, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AMID THE CHEERS OF THE BAND OF BRITISHERS THE ENSIGN WAS BROKEN AT THE MASTHEAD. See page 68 — Amid the cheers of the band of Britishers the ensign was broken at the masthead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece — Ellerton was only just in time. Another dazzling flash enabled him to see the helpless form of the crippled seaman — Andy, finding the bull close to his heels, gripped a rope and swung himself into a position of comparative safety — The chief's canoe was paddled slowly towards the shore — Crash! fair in the centre of the lightly built fifty-feet hull struck the sharp stem — "A sail! a sail!" he exclaimed breathlessly — A huge turtle had crawled across the beach and ... had set the alarm bell ringing — With fierce shouts the savages tore down the path straight for the barricade
2. 2.THE NAMELESS ISLAND — CHAPTER I — THE HURRICANE — ELLERTON WAS ONLY JUST IN TIME. ANOTHER DAZZLING FLASH ENABLED HIM TO SEE THE HELPLESS FORM OF THE CRIPPLED SEAMAN — CHAPTER II — AGROUND — CHAPTER III — ABANDONED — CHAPTER IV — THE LANDING — CHAPTER V — THE CAMP — CHAPTER VI — THE ANIMAL THAT WOULDN'T BE RESCUED — ANDY, FINDING THE BULL CLOSE TO HIS HEELS, GRIPPED A ROPE AND SWUNG HIMSELF INTO A POSITION OF COMPARATIVE SAFETY — CHAPTER VII — THE EMBLEM OF EMPIRE — CHAPTER VIII — "A SAIL!" — CHAPTER IX — UNWELCOME VISITORS — CHAPTER X — STRANGE ALLIES — CHAPTER XI — THE FRUSTRATED SACRIFICE — CHAPTER XII — AT BAY — THE CHIEF'S CANOE WAS PADDLED SLOWLY TOWARDS THE SHORE — CHAPTER XIII — ELLERTON TO THE RESCUE — CHAPTER XIV — ROUTING THE SAVAGES — CRASH! FAIR IN THE CENTRE OF THE LIGHTLY BUILT FIFTY-FEET HULL STRUCK THE SHARP STEM — CHAPTER XV — A KNIFE-THRUST IN THE DARK — CHAPTER XVI — THE GALE — CHAPTER XVII — BACK TO THE ISLAND — CHAPTER XVIII — A SURPRISE FOR THE INVADERS — CHAPTER XIX — THE PRISONER'S ESCAPE — CHAPTER XX — THE ENEMY IS CORNERED — CHAPTER XXI — THE BUCCANEERS' CAVE — CHAPTER XXII — THE TREASURE CHAMBER — CHAPTER XXIII — "A SAIL! A SAIL!" — "A SAIL! A SAIL!" HE EXCLAIMED BREATHLESSLY — CHAPTER XXIV — A FALSE AND A REAL ALARM — A HUGE TURTLE HAD CRAWLED ACROSS THE BEACH AND HAD SET THE ALARM BELL RINGING — CHAPTER XXV — THE GREAT INVASION — WITH FIERCE SHOUTS THE SAVAGES TORE DOWN THE PATH STRAIGHT FOR THE BARRICADE — CHAPTER XXVI — A GREAT DISASTER — CHAPTER XXVII — THE LAST STAND — CHAPTER XXVIII — THE RESCUE

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