Category: Historical Novels
It was not just an ordinary sort of name, but one of those which made you think "thereby hangs a tale." In this case the thought goes to the mark, and the tale in question will be told after a fashion in the following pages.
Donalblane's paralysing panic was only for the moment. The power of action presently returned to him, and, grasping his gun, he aimed at the diabolical eyes, while he shouted to...
2. CHAPTER II.Alexander Blane was a masterful man, who had no fancy for accepting advice or suggestions from other folk. He much preferred thinking of things himself, and Donalblane knew well...
8. CHAPTER VIII.During his previous visit to the Darien region Mr. Paterson had gained some knowledge of the native language, and this now stood him and his companions in good stead, as it caus...
10. CHAPTER X.Several hours' steady paddling brought the hunting party, ere the full heat of the day, to a part of the river where the banks were densely clothed with mangroves, broken here a...
7. CHAPTER VII.Whether the buccaneers went off for reinforcements, or simply withdrew sadder and wiser, if not better, men, cannot be said. They certainly disappeared before sunset, and no mor...
3. CHAPTER III.Five ships, not one of them really fit for the long and perilous voyage, composed the expedition, and they looked gay enough as, bedecked with flags and crowded with excited peo...
4. CHAPTER IV.Well was it for both Donalblane and the child that all those on board the _Bonnie Scotland_ did not lose their heads so completely as the young fellow whose foolish action had c...
6. CHAPTER VI.There was no lack of arms on board the _Bonnie Scotland_, but they were curiously assorted, and by no means all of the best quality. Muskets and pistols, claymores and short swo...
11. CHAPTER XI.Donalblane took these difficulties and disasters deeply to heart, not so much on his own account, for, like all brave-spirited boys, he had no doubt that _he_ would pull through...
12. CHAPTER XII.The ships were in no condition to cross the Atlantic, and by the royal decree the British West Indies were closed against them, while, of course, they dare not trust the mercy o...
5. CHAPTER V.Running as one runs whose life is at stake, Donalblane looked hither and thither for some break in the cliffs that would give him a chance to climb out of his fell pursuers' rea...
1. CHAPTER I.It was not just an ordinary sort of name, but one of those which made you think "thereby hangs a tale." In this case the thought goes to the mark, and the tale in question will...