E-text prepared by Lionel Sear DEAD MAN'S ROCK. A Romance. by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q). 1887 [This e-text prepared from an edition published in 1894] To the Memory of My Father I dedicate this book. CONTENTS. BOOK I.--THE QUEST OF THE GREAT RUBY. Chapter. I. TELLS OF THE STRANGE WILL OF MY GRANDFATHER, AMOS TRENOWETH. II. TELLS HOW MY FATHER WENT TO SEEK THE TREASURE; AND HOW MY MOTHER HEARD A CRY IN THE NIGHT. III. TELLS OF TWO STRANGE MEN THAT WATCHED THE SEA UPON POLKIMBRA BEACH. IV. TELLS HOW A SONG WAS SUNG AND A KNIFE DRAWN UPON DEAD MAN'S ROCK. V. TELLS HOW THE SAILOR GEORGIO RHODOJANI GAVE EVIDENCE AT THE "LUGGER INN" VI. TELLS HOW A FACE LOOKED IN AT THE WINDOW OF LANTRIG; AND IN WHAT MANNER MY FATHER CAME HOME TO US. VII. TELLS HOW UNCLE LOVEDAY MADE A DISCOVERY; AND WHAT THE TIN BOX CONTAINED. VIII. CONTAINS THE FIRST PART OF MY FATHER'S JOURNAL: SETTING FORTH HIS MEETING WITH MR. ELIHU SANDERSON, OF BOMBAY; AND MY GRANDFATHER'S MANUSCRIPT. IX. CONTAINS THE SECOND PART OF MY FATHER'S JOURNAL: SETTING FORTH HIS ADVENTURES IN THE ISLAND OF CELON. X. CONTAINS THE THIRD AND LAST PART OF MY FATHER'S JOURNAL: SETTING FORTH THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE _BELLE FORTUNE_ XI. TELLS OF THE WRITING UPON THE GOLDEN CLASP; AND HOW I TOOK DOWN THE GREAT KEY. BOOK II--THE FINDING OF THE GREAT RUBY. Chapter. I. TELLS HOW THOMAS LOVEDAY AND I WENT IN SEARCH OF FORTUNE. II. TELLS OF THE LUCK OF THE GOLDEN CLASP. III. TELLS AN OLD STORY IN A TRADITIONAL MANNER. IV. TELLS HOW I SAW THE SHADOW OF THE ROCK; AND HOW I TOLD AND HEARD NEWS. V. TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN ROSE UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY" VI. TELLS HOW THE BLACK AND YELLOW FAN SENT A MESSAGE; AND HOW I SAW A FACE IN THE FOG. VII. TELLS HOW CLAIRE WENT TO THE PLAY; AND HOW SHE SAW THE GOLDEN CLASP. VIII. TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN FELL UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY" IX. TELLS HOW TWO VOICES LED ME TO BOARD A SCHOONER; AND WHAT BEFELL THERE. X. TELLS IN WHAT MANNER I LEARNT THE SECRET OF THE GREAT KEY. XI. TELLS HOW AT LAST I FOUND MY REVENGE AND THE GREAT RUBY. DEAD MAN'S ROCK. BOOK I. THE QUEST OF THE GREAT RUBY. CHAPTER I. TELLS OF THE STRANGE WILL OF MY GRANDFATHER, AMOS TRENOWETH.