Produced by Gardner Buchanan Among the Brigands By Prof. James de Mille H. M. Caldwell Company Publishers New York and Boston Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by Lee and Shepard in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Among the Brigands CONTENTS CHAPTER I. Stranger in a strange Land.--A Citadel of Trunks.--Besieged.--Retreat in good Order.--A most tremendous Uproar.--Kicks! Thumps!--Smash of Chairs!--Crash of Tables!--A general Row!--The Cry for Help!--The Voice of David!--The Revelation of the Darkness!--The fiery Eyes!--The Unseen!--The Revelation of the Mystery.--A general Flight. CHAPTER II. How in the World did it get there?--A joyous Ride.--Hark! Hark! The Dogs-do bark! Beggars come to Town; some in Rags, some in Tags, and some in a tattered Gown!--A pleasant Meditation on a classic Past very rudely, unexpectedly, tad even savagely interrupted, and likely to terminate in a Tragedy!--Perilous Position of David and Clive. CHAPTER III. Out into the Country.--The Drive.--The glorious Land.--Sorrento and eternal Summer.--The Cave of Polyphemus.--The Cathedral--The mysterious Image.--What is it?--David Relic-hunting.--A Catastrophe.--Chased by a Virago.--The Town roused.--Besieged.--A desperate Onset--Flight--Last of the Virago. CHAPTER IV. Salerno and the sulky Driver.--Paestum and its Temples.--A great Sensation.--An unpleasant Predicament--Is the Driver a Traitor?--Is he in League--with Bandits?--Arguments about the Situation, and what each thought about it. CHAPTER V. They discuss the Situation.--They prepare to foot it--A toilsome Walk, and a happy Discovery.--The Language of Signs once more.--The Mountain Cavalcade.--Bob's Ambition.--Its results.--Bob vanishes.--Consternation of the Donkey Boy.--Consternation of the Cavalcade.--"E Perduto!". CHAPTER VI. Flight of Both--Difference between a tame Donkey and a wild Ass.--Carried off to the Mountains.--The headlong Course.--The Mountain Pass.--The Journey's End.--Ill-omened Place.--Confounded by a new Terror.--The Brigands. CHAPTER VII. The Lurking-place of the Brigands.--The captive Boy.--The hideous Household.--The horrible old Hag.--The slattern Woman.--The dirty Children.--The old Crone and the evil Eye.--Despondency of Bob. --Is Escape possible?--Night.--Imprisoned.--The Bed of Straw. --Outlook into the Night from the Prison Windows. CHAPTER VIII. The worn-out Captive.--Light Slumbers.--Fearful Wakening.--The stealthy Step.--The overmastering Horror.--The lone Boy confronted by his Enemy.--The hungry Eyes.--Is it real, or a Nightmare?--The supreme Moment. CHAPTER IX. The Cavalcade in Pursuit--Hopes and Fears.--Theories about the lost Boy.--A new Turn to Affairs.--Explanations.--On to Salerno.--Inquiries.--Baffled.--Fresh Consternation and Despondency.--The last Hope. CHAPTER X.