The Project Gutenberg E-text of Highway Pirates

About this eBook

Author

Avery, Harold, 1867-1943

Title

Highway Pirates; or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Smugglers -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

33680

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33680

Release Date

September 9, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.For half a minute or so it rocked and swayed against the sky-line. — HIGHWAY PIRATES
2. 2.OR, THE SECRET PLACE AT COVERTHORNE — By — HAROLD AVERY — THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, LTD. LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK 1920
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — For half a minute or so it rocked and swayed against the sky-line . . . Frontispiece — There was a funny twinkle in his eyes as he spoke — Deserted
5. 5.HIGHWAY PIRATES. — CHAPTER I. — A DAY OF TROUBLE. — CHAPTER II. — THE KNOCKING ON THE WALL. — CHAPTER III. — MEN IN HIDING. — There was a funny twinkle in his eyes as he spoke. — CHAPTER IV. — THE SINGING GHOST. — CHAPTER V. — NICHOLAS COVERTHORNE SHOWS HIS HAND. — CHAPTER VI. — A MAD PRANK. — CHAPTER VII. — TRIED AND SENTENCED. — CHAPTER VIII. — MY JOURNEY BEGINS. — CHAPTER IX. — THE RISING. — CHAPTER X. — HIGHWAY PIRATES. — CHAPTER XI. — THE LAST OF THE "TRUE BLUE." — CHAPTER XII. — WITHIN THE CAVERN. — CHAPTER XIII. — THE BRANDY KEGS. — Deserted. — CHAPTER XIV. — ABANDONED. — CHAPTER XV. — IN DESPERATE STRAITS. — CHAPTER XVI. — THE SUBTERRANEAN TUNNEL. — CHAPTER XVII. — DAYLIGHT AT LAST. — CHAPTER XVIII. — A FURTHER FIND. — CHAPTER XIX. — BROUGHT TO BAY. — T. NELSON & SONS, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — A COMPANION VOLUME TO "THE BETTY BOOK." — THE PATSY BOOK. BY ANNE ANDERSON. — THINKING IT OUT. BY A. WILLIAMS. — CANTERBURY PUZZLES. BY H. E. DUDENEY. — SCIENTIFIC AMUSEMENTS. BY PROF. C. G. KNOTT. — T. NELSON & SONS, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — NEW STORY BOOKS FOR BOYS. — THE YOUNG LION HUNTER. — BY ZANE GREY. — KEN WARD IN THE JUNGLE. — BY ZANE GREY. — MIDSHIPMAN REX CAREW, V.C. — BY MARGERISON. — SCOUTS FOR SERBIA. — BY M. WYNNE. — T. NELSON & SONS, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — NEW STORY BOOKS FOR GIRLS. — CHRISTAL'S ADVENTURE. — BY ALICE M. CHESTERTON. — FOR CHILDREN. — SMUGGLERS' ISLAND. — BY CLARISSA A. KNEELAND. — NAN AND KEN. BY MISS MAY WYNNE. — THE CHILDREN'S STORY OF THE WAR. — Vols. I. to X. ready. — BY SIR EDWARD PARROTT, M.A., LL.D. — T. NELSON & SONS, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — NELSON'S ANNUALS. — THE CHUMMY BOOK. — THE JOLLY BOOK. — THE CHILDREN'S TREASURY. — T. NELSON & SONS, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — A MAGNIFICENT COLOUR VOLUME. — THE STORY — NATURAL HISTORY. — T. NELSON & SONS, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN. — "MY FIRST BOOK" SERIES. — T. NELSON & SONS, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — THE HOBBY BOOKS. — T. NELSON & SONS, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — "HOW IT WORKS" SERIES. — T. NELSON & SONS, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — THE FAVOURITE SERIES FOR BOYS. — R. M. BALLANTYNE'S BOOKS. — Illustrated in Colour. — R. M. BALLANTYNE SERIES. — T. NELSON & SONS, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — W. H. G. KINGSTON. — EVER POPULAR BOOKS FOR BOYS. — Illustrated in Colour. — T. NELSON & SONS, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — THE "GOLDEN RIVER" SERIES. — T. C. & E. C. JACK, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — ROMANCE OF REALITY. — T. C. & E. C. JACK, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — "ROMANCE OF EMPIRE" SERIES. — EDITED BY JOHN LANG. — 6s. net per volume. — T. C. & E. C. JACK, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — H. E. MARSHALL'S BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. — OUR EMPIRE STORY. — A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. — T. C. & E. C. JACK, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — OUR ISLAND STORY. — A NEW HISTORY OF ENGLAND FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. — T. C. & E. C. JACK, LTD., PUBLISHERS. — ENGLISH LITERATURE. — FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

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