The Rival Crusoes

AT KEYHAVEN--IN DANGEROUS COMPANY--THE OLD SMUGGLER--A FRIGATE AFTER BATTLE--DISLIKE OF BEN FOR THE ROYAL NAVY--AN UNEXPECTED LANDING-- OVERBEARING CONDUCT OF THE MIDSHIPMEN--AN...

VOULES MAKES HIMSELF AT HOME--EAGER LISTENERS--FIGHT BETWEEN THE WOLF AND A FRENCH FRIGATE--LORD REGINALD'S ACCOUNT--MERIT AND MODESTY--A BUMPER ROUND--VOULES MAKES HEADWAY--DIC...

GOOD INTENTIONS--BLIND JANET--POOR FAITHFUL SHOT--A TRYING MOMENT-- DICK'S ANGER--DESIRE OF REVENGE--A DANGEROUS SPEECH--THREATENING TO SHOOT--THE CONSEQUENCES--TEMPTED--INDIGNA...

UNDER WAY--LIFE ON BOARD THE NANCY--OFF THE FRENCH COAST--SHIPPING THE CONTRABAND GOODS--RUN FOR ENGLAND--A STRANGE SAIL--THE CHASE--ESCAPE OF THE LUGGER--LANDING THE CARGO--REV...

AT THE HALL--REFUSAL OF LORD REGINALD'S GIFT--LADY ELVERSTON AND HER DAUGHTERS--TROUBLES OF THE FARMER'S WIFE--PREPARATIONS FOR REJOINING THE WOLF--LIEUTENANT HILTON--INFORMATIO...

THE SECOND TRIP OF THE NANCY--PARTICULARS OF THE LANDING--HOW IT FARED WITH DICK AND BEN--WANDERING IN THE FOREST--IN HIDING--NEARLY CAUGHT-- SEIZED BY A PRESSGANG--KINDNESS OF...

DEFIANT LOOKS--THE SPIRIT OF ILL-WILL INCREASES--SOME "VERY KIND INTENTIONS"--DICK'S PERSECUTORS--IN THE MIDSHIPMEN'S MESS--PADDY LOGAN AND TOADY VOULES--THE LAST LOOK AT OLD EN...

ON BOARD THE PRIZE--BEN GIVES BAD ADVICE--A STRANGE LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP--FRIEND OR FOE?--THE WOLF AND HER PRIZE REACH PLYMOUTH--NOT ALLOWED TO GO ASHORE--PETER PURKISS--DICK DES...

TREATMENT OF THE PRISONERS--CHASED BY A PRIVATEER--THE PRESSED MEN ARMED--THE FIGHT--DICK'S GALLANTRY--CAPTURE OF THE LUGGER--PRIZE CREW SENT ON BOARD--ATTEMPT OF THE FRENCHMEN...

AN EAST INDIAN CONVOY--TOADY VOULES TURNS NURSE--FAIR RUN TO THE CAPE-- FEAR OF PRIVATEERS--CARELESSNESS--A STRANGE SIGNAL--MIDNIGHT ATTACK-- TIMELY ASSISTANCE--TREACHERY--LORD...

DEATH OF VOULES--ALL LOST--DESPAIR OF LORD REGINALD--NEPTUNE--WATER FOUND--A MOURNFUL DUTY--BURYING THE DROWNED--REMORSE--THE RIVAL CRUSOES--THE LAST OF POOR BEN--STONE THROWING...

A TRYING TIME--THE FATAL CRASH--BEN RUDALL'S LAST EFFORT--AMONG THE BREAKERS--THROWN ON SHORE--THE FIRST SHELTER--THE CARPENTER'S CHEST-- SETTING TRAPS--A VERY SATISFACTORY MEAL...

Lord Reginald awoke with aching head and confused brain. For some time he lay unable to collect his scattered thoughts. At length he remembered how he had been engaged on the pr...

SELF-REPROACH--THE CRISIS OVER--A STORM--RETURNING TO LIFE--GRATITUDE TO DICK--A RIGHT UNDERSTANDING--TURTLE-CATCHING--GAINING STRENGTH--DICK'S CARE REWARDED--AN AGREEABLE SURPR...

PROGRESS IN BOAT-BUILDING--HOT POKERS--SYSTEM IN WORKING--FIXING ON THE KEEL--DICK AND HIS PIGS--FINISHING THE BOAT--THE ONLY REGRET--PREPARING FOR THE TRIAL TRIP--THE LAUNCH--O...

CONTINUATION OF THE GALE--A SHIPWRECK--TO THE RESCUE--DICK SAVES LORD REGINALD'S LIFE--NEARLY DROWNED--IN THE CAVE--INCREASED NUMBERS--CAUSE FOR ALARM--THE RETURN TO THE HUT--TH...