Category: Adventure
I. Hope told a Flattering Tale II. Hurrah for "Merrie England"! III. The Boys' Life in London IV. Wild Sports on Moorland and Ice V. A Highland Blizzard--The Lost Sheep and Shepherd VI. "The breath of God was over all the land" VII. The Parting comes at last
"Why, boys, and you youngsters," said Captain Talbot, "when I look back to those dear old times I feel old myself, and that's a fact. As I said before, we were cruising about th...
28. CHAPTER III.--CHILDREN OF THE SKY.I have been down in a diving-bell, and have traversed or been led through the dark and seemingly interminable seams of a coal-mine, and felt no very exaggerated sense of exhilar...
16. CHAPTER VI.--"BACK WATER ALL! FOR LIFE, BOYS, FOR LIFE!November was wearing to a close. The days were long and sunny; so long, indeed, that the sun did not trouble himself to go down at all. At midnight he just made a feint of doing...
25. CHAPTER XV.--THE ISLES OF DESOLATION.If to be sailing northwards and east with a spanking breeze, and the great sea of southern ice in which, and on which, so many adventures had been had, was being homeward bound-...
6. CHAPTER III.--THE BOYS' LIFE IN LONDON."That's me. And how are you, cousins Conal and Duncan? We're only far-off cousins, but that doesn't matter, does it? I'm jolly glad to see you, anyhow. You'll bring some life in...
4. CHAPTER I--HOPE TOLD A FLATTERING TALEHad you been in the beautiful and wild forest of Glenvoie on that bright and blue-skied September morning--on one of its hills, let us say--and heard the music of those two boys...
19. CHAPTER IX.--TONGUES OF LURID FIRE, BLUE, GREEN, AND DEEPEST CRIMSON.Very little was talked of during the next few days except the coming ascent of Mount Terror. In the saloon mess non-success was not even dreamt of. It was only forward about the...
15. CHAPTER V.--JOHNNIE SHINGLES AND OLD MR. PEN.South, straight south. South as the bird flies. And with a fair and spanking breeze too. As for birds--once past the rocky and volcanic island of Diego Alvarez, few indeed bore...
33. CHAPTER VIII.--THE BATTLE AT THE FORD.Even Viking seemed to understand the seriousness of the situation, for while he watched with great earnestness, not to say joy, the hurried preparations for departure, he never...
29. CHAPTER IV.--TREASURE-HUNTERS. THE FOREST.The other was singular in the extreme. It was nothing less than that of a ruined fort, at no great distance from the place where the balloon was anchored, but high up on the sid...
14. CHAPTER IV.--ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND.Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys (Duncan and Frank) were treading the deck that forenoon, talking, as sailors do, about anything or everything that suggested itself. And two subjec...
11. CHAPTER I.--THE TERRORS OF THE OCEAN.Long months have passed away since that sad parting at Glenvoie; a parting that seemed to raise our young heroes at once from the careless happiness of boyhood to the serious ea...
30. CHAPTER V.--FIGHTING THE GORILLAS.Frank and Duncan had undoubtedly been rash. They had penetrated for fully a mile into the gloomy depths of this dark, primeval forest. The sun-life of beautiful birds and luscio...
13. CHAPTER III.--BOUND FOR SOUTHERN SEAS OF ICE.Without the aid of wine either, which no one with youth on his side should require to make him gay. But I do not mind telling you that the old skipper himself had a drop of the...
26. CHAPTER I.--SHIPWRECK ON A LONELY ISLE.I should like the reader to bear in mind that my youthful heroes were very far indeed from being mercenary, and were just at that age, when wild adventure appeals to the heart o...
22. CHAPTER XII.--WINTER LIFE IN AN ANTARCTIC PACK.Changes in temperature take place soon and sudden in those far-off Antarctic regions, and on the very night succeeding the return of our heroes from the dangers of that daring b...
17. CHAPTER VII.--"HERE'S TO THE LOVED ONES AT HOME.Captain Talbot was a brave man, but the ice for the present looked far too dangerous to venture in through. So he kept "dodging" along the great barrier-edge or cruising eastwar...
23. CHAPTER XIII.--A CHAOS OF ROLLING AND DASHING ICE.Being myself, reader, an "ice man" of some considerable experience, the manner in which the officers and crew of the beleaguered craft _Flora M'Vayne_ whiled away the time durin...
7. CHAPTER IV.--WILD SPORTS ON MOORLAND AND ICE.Pretty little Flora M'Vayne was half afraid of the London boy at first. The violin won her heart, however, and before retiring for the night, when shaking hands with Frank, she...
8. CHAPTER V.--A HIGHLAND BLIZZARD--THE LOST SHEEP AND SHEPHERD.It must not be supposed for a single moment that although the boys M'Vayne liked fun and adventure in their own wild land, just as you or I or any other boys do, reader, their e...
20. CHAPTER X.--SO POOR CONAL MUST PERISH!It took a whole series of shakings, however, to arouse Conal. He had been dreaming of his far-off Highland home, and when he did at last sit up and rub his eyes, it took him ful...
5. CHAPTER II.--HURRAH FOR "MERRIE ENGLAND"!Neither Duncan nor Conal was a bad sailor, for, their father's estate being near the western sea, many a long summer's day they spent in open boats, and they sometimes went out...
9. CHAPTER VI.--"THE BREATH OF GOD WAS OVER ALL THE LAND.There were two huts on the moorland, one in the open, another close against a ridge of rocks, and in one or other poor Sandie would surely have found shelter.
32. CHAPTER VII.--THE MYSTERIOUS STONE.He refused. Not even a whole bottle of his favourite sherry would have tempted him to cross the threshold of the fort, because--as he explained through Carrambo--"plenty much de...
12. CHAPTER II.--A FEARFUL EXPERIENCE.Once more the _Ocean's Pride_ was spanking along before a delightful breeze with the dark blue sea sparkling in the sunlight around her, and Mother Carey's chickens, as sailors...
24. CHAPTER XIV.--"HEAVE, AND SHE GOES! HURRAH!But sail was now got on her, and by means of long poles, twenty men overboard on the ice managed not only to clear the way for her by shoving the pieces to one side, but also to...
27. CHAPTER II.--A WEARY TIME.Yes, it was indeed a weary time that succeeded the alarming news brought one morning to Captain Talbot. For when the steward went to draw water from a cask, he found the wooden...
31. CHAPTER VI.--AN INVADING ARMY--VICTORY!"I king now. My fadder he king once. My fadder fadder he king befo'; my fadder fadder fadder he king too. 'Twas when fadder fadder fadder king. De boys all in de bush one day, m...
21. CHAPTER XI.--THUS HAND IN HAND THE BROTHERS SLEEP.Frank did not wait to attach the rope to his waist, so eager was he. The yawning green gulf beneath him might have tried the nerve of Blondin. He paused not to think, however, b...
35. CHAPTER X.--THE WELCOME HOME.On the roof, but covered with awning it was. From this place they could see all over the city and catch glimpses of the blue ocean itself, to say nothing of the greenery of the...
10. CHAPTER VII.--THE PARTING COMES AT LAST.If Duncan M'Vayne were a mere imaginary hero, I should not take credit for any virtue that in him lay, but I don't mind telling you, reader, that very few of the heroes of my st...
34. CHAPTER IX.--THE VERY IDENTICAL BIRD.Zanzibar! The spotless sand, on which the blue waves broke lazily into foam, sparkled like silver in the rays of the noonday sun. Higher up were the walls of many a palatial-loo...
2. BOOK II.I. The Terrors of the Ocean II. A Fearful Experience III. Bound for Southern Seas of Ice IV. On the Wings of the Wind V. Johnnie Shingles and Old Mr. Pen VI. "Back water all! Fo...
1. BOOK I.I. Hope told a Flattering Tale II. Hurrah for "Merrie England"! III. The Boys' Life in London IV. Wild Sports on Moorland and Ice V. A Highland Blizzard--The Lost Sheep and Shep...
3. BOOK III.I. Shipwreck on a Lonely Isle II. A Weary Time III. Children of the Sky IV. Treasure-hunters. The Forest V. Fighting the Gorillas VI. An Invading Army--Victory! VII. The Mysteri...