Category: Historical Novels

The Three Lieutenants

LIEUTENANT JACK ROGERS AT HOME--HIS BROTHER TOM RESOLVES TO FOLLOW IN HIS WAKE--HIS OLD SHIPMATES DISCUSSED--LETTER FROM TERENCE ADAIR DESCRIPTIVE OF HIS FAMILY--ADMIRAL TRITON PLEADS TOM'S CAUSE--THE ADMIRAL'S ADVICE TO TOM--LEAVING HOME.

Chapters

2. Chapter 2

ADMIRAL TRITON AT PORTSMOUTH--THE THREE OLD MESSMATES MEET EACH OTHER, AND THEIR THREE YOUNG RELATIVES BECOME ACQUAINTED--THE DINNER AT THE "GEORGE" WITH ADMIRAL TRITON--ANECDOT...

21. Chapter 21

Every one knows that Rio de Janeiro is one of the most magnificent harbours in the world, with its Organ mountains in the distance, its surrounding heights covered with the rich...

19. Chapter 19

THE TUDOR AND SUPPLEJACK AT TRINIDAD--JACK'S ACCOUNT OF HIS TRIP UP THE ORINOCO--THE VICE-CONSUL AND HIS BELONGINGS--A KNOWING PILOT--TOM BIT BY A TURTLE--TORTOISES--THE BRIG AM...

18. Chapter 18

CHASE OF THE VENUS--A TORNADO--JACK AGAIN SIGHTS HER--CAPTURES HER AND TWO MORE--SAILS FOR PORT ROYAL--A SUSPICIOUS STRANGER--A PRIZE DESPATCHED FOR ASSISTANCE--ATTACKED--HARD P...

8. Chapter 8

CRUISE IN THE SCHOONER IN SEARCH OF THE MISSING MIDSHIPMEN--CALL AT SABA AND FIND HIGSON--DISCOVER THE WRECK OF THE DROGHER DESERTED--RETURN UNSUCCESSFUL--THE MIDSHIPMEN MOURNED...

20. Chapter 20

THE CORVETTE AND BRIG PART COMPANY--THE FORMER CHASES A SUSPICIOUS SAIL--CAPTURES A FULL SLAVER--ADAIR IN CHARGE--TAKES PRIZE TO BAHIA--AN IMPORTANT WARNING--PREPARATIONS FOR AN...

15. Chapter 15

STELLA AND THE MIDSHIPMEN SAIL FOR JAMAICA IN THE SARAH JANE--VOYAGE-- ARRIVAL--JACK'S DELIGHT AT RECOVERING TOM--STELLA GOES TO THE BRADSHAWS--HIGSON PROMOTED--THE PLANTAGENET...

12. Chapter 12

NEEDHAM'S NARRATIVE (CONTINUED)--THE SARAH JANE CAPTURED BY CARTHAGENAN FLEET--THE COLONEL AND HIS DAUGHTER, WITH THE MIDSHIPMEN, CONVEYED ON BOARD THE ENEMY'S CORVETTE--CARRIED...

11. Chapter 11

"You remember that night at Saba, Mr Higson, when the three young gentlemen and I were left aboard the drogher, and you and the other gentlemen went ashore to look after Captain...

4. Chapter 4

THE FRIGATE AT TRINIDAD--MAGNIFICENT SCENERY--MIDSHIPMEN ON SHORE-- PURCHASE A SPIDER-MONKEY, AND TAKE A RIDE WITH HIM INTO THE COUNTRY-- ADAIR MEETS SOME RELATIVES--HE AND JACK...

17. Chapter 17

JACK ROGERS IN COMMAND OF THE SUPPLEJACK--ALICK'S LETTER TO JACK--THE CAYMANS--SHOAL OF TURTLE--DOLPHINS--CHASES A SLAVER--HAVANNAH--SCENES ON SHORE--SLAVERS IN HARBOUR--POLITE...

1. Chapter 1

LIEUTENANT JACK ROGERS AT HOME--HIS BROTHER TOM RESOLVES TO FOLLOW IN HIS WAKE--HIS OLD SHIPMATES DISCUSSED--LETTER FROM TERENCE ADAIR DESCRIPTIVE OF HIS FAMILY--ADMIRAL TRITON...

26. Chapter 26

THE MIDSHIPMEN SEEN ON THE SHORE--A BOAT SENT FROM THE BRIG--THE ENEMY APPEAR ON THE CLIFFS AND OPEN FIRE--THE BRIG RETURNS IT--THE MIDSHIPMEN RESCUED--THE BRIG GETS CLEAR OF TH...

5. Chapter 5

GRENADA--FALL IN WITH THE TUDOR--MURRAY'S FIRST MEETING WITH STELLA-- MASTER SPIDER INTRODUCED TO MR. SCROFTON--ARRIVAL AT ANTIGUA--SCENERY AND ADVENTURES ON SHORE--ALICK MURRAY...

3. Chapter 3

MADEIRA SIGHTED--MISFORTUNES OF COMMANDER BABBICOME--A RIDE ON SHORE-- NAVAL CAVALRY CHARGE DOWN A HILL AND OVERTURN SOME DIGNITARIES OF CHURCH AND STATE--A PLEASANT VISIT OF AP...

9. Chapter 9

Jamaica, a hundred and sixty miles long, by forty-five broad, is, as everybody knows, a very magnificent island; but, alas! its ancient glory has departed for a time, though it...

22. Chapter 22

AN AMERICAN SKIPPER GIVES IMPORTANT INFORMATION--JACK LEADS A BOAT ATTACK ON A SLAVER IN THE RIO FRIO--CAPTURE--SLAVER BLOWN UP--THE SUPPLEJACK EXPOSED TO A HOT FIRE--THE CORVET...

23. Chapter 23

"Hurrah! my boy, there is a prospect of more glorious or, at all events, more exciting work than slave-hunting," exclaimed Adair, as he came on board the _Supplejack_ from the _...

24. Chapter 24

EFFORTS MADE TO RECOVER THE MIDSHIPMEN--MURRAY SAILS FOR ENGLAND--AN OFFER FROM A NATIVE TO RECOVER THE MIDSHIPMEN--THE FLEET ASCENDS THE PARANA--THE SUPPLEJACK SENT IN SEARCH O...

16. Chapter 16

THE CAPTAIN'S RETURN--BOATS APPROACH THE FORT--ASSAILED ON ALL SIDES-- HOT FIRE--PASSING THE FORT--ARCHY WOUNDED--THE LANDING--FORT ATTACKED-- NEEDHAM HAULS DOWN THE FLAG--ENEMY...

13. Chapter 13

PREPARED FOR ACTION--A MESSAGE SENT TO THE CARTHAGENAN COMMODORE--HIS CONTEMPTUOUS REPLY--THE SUPPLEJACK BRINGS THE CORVETTE TO ACTION AND TAKES HER--SINKS A BRIG AND CAPTURES T...

14. Chapter 14

TOM AND ARCHY IN PRISON--THEIR TRICK ON THE GAOLER--SOLDIERS APPEAR-- TAKEN FROM PRISON--MEET COLONEL O'REGAN--MARCHED THROUGH THE TOWN-- PRISONERS GOING TO EXECUTION--DISTANT C...

25. Chapter 25

THE SUPPLEJACK PROCEEDS UP THE PARANA--FIRED AT FROM THE SHORE--MEET WITH FRIENDLY NATIVES--JOSE GOES IN SEARCH OF THE MIDSHIPMEN--RETURNS WITH TIDINGS OF THEM--JOSE LEFT BEHIND...

7. Chapter 7

A BALL AT ANTIGUA--A HURRICANE PUTS A STOP TO THE DANCING--A RIDE THROUGH THE STORM--MURRAY'S RIDE WITH STELLA, AND A DECLARATION--COLONEL O'REGAN AND HIS DAUGHTER SAIL IN THE S...

6. Chapter 6

THE CRUISE OF THE DROGHER--BARBUDA FIELD-SPORTS--HOSPITABLY ENTERTAINED--SAIL AGAIN--CAPTAIN QUASHO--A DRUNKEN CREW--REACH SABA--THE ISLAND EXPLORED--THE BLACK CREW TAKE FRENCH...

28. Chapter 28

LETTER FROM MURRAY--JACK'S REPLY--THE SUPPLEJACK ORDERED HOME--THE VOYAGE--A GALE--LONG TOM'S BURIAL--A WRECK SEEN AND BOARDED--STELLA AND HER FRIENDS RESCUED--ARRIVAL IN ENGLAN...

27. Chapter 27

THE SUPPLEJACK REACHES BAXADA DE SANTA FE--PLANS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE FLEET WHEN RETURNING--A NIGHT EXPEDITION TO SURVEY AN ISLAND-- ALARM--MAGNIFICENT EXPLOIT--ROCKET BATT...

10. Chapter 10

The _Supplejack_ was making the best of her way across the Caribbean sea. Murray, or one of his subordinates, Higson, or Jos Green usually so called, the second master of the co...