Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _italic_ LEONARD LINDSAY OR _THE STORY OF A BUCCANEER_ BY ANGUS B. REACH “NO PEACE BEYOND THE LINE.”—_Old Sailors Proverb_ LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE NEW YORK: 416 BROOME STREET CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. OF MY BOYHOOD, AND HOW, BEING CAST AWAY AT SEA, I AM CARRIED TO THE WEST INDIES AGAINST MY WILL 1 CHAPTER II. OF MY ESCAPE FROM THE FRENCH SHIP, AND MY LANDING IN HISPANIOLA 18 CHAPTER III. I JOIN A BROTHERHOOD OF HUNTERS AND ADVENTURERS ON THE COAST 27 CHAPTER IV. OF THE LIFE OF A BUCCANEER 39 CHAPTER V. HOW WE ENCOUNTER GREAT DANGERS, THE SPANIARDS ATTACKING US 44 CHAPTER VI. HOW THE DEADLY FEVER OF THE COAST FASTENS ON ME 58 CHAPTER VII. THE BUCCANEERS TIRE OF THE LIFE ON SHORE, AND DETERMINE TO GO AGAIN TO SEA 64 CHAPTER VIII. THE LEGEND OF FOUL-WEATHER DON 73 CHAPTER IX. THE AUTHOR, WITH SUNDRY OF HIS COMRADES, SET OUT FOR THE CREEK WHERE HE LEFT HIS BARK, AND THERE BRAVELY CAPTURE A SPANISH SCHOONER 89 CHAPTER X. THEY RETURN WITH THE PRIZE TO THE MARMOUSETTES, AND NICKY HAMSTRING SHORTLY RELATES HIS HISTORY 103 CHAPTER XI. THE BUCCANEERS PRESENTLY SET SAIL IN THE SCHOONER FOR JAMAICA, WITH A RELATION OF THE EVENTS WHICH HAPPENED THERE 110 CHAPTER XII. OF THE DEATH OF AN OLD FRIEND 125 CHAPTER XIII. THE BUCCANEERS SAIL FOR THE SPANISH MAIN, AND ARE CHASED BY A GREAT SHIP OF WAR 131 CHAPTER XIV. THE STRANGE ADVENTURE OF THE UNKNOWN SHOALS AND THE DWARF PILOT 140 CHAPTER XV. AT LENGTH THEY CATCH THE DWARF PILOT, AND HEAR STRANGE THINGS TOUCHING A TREASURE 157 CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE DWARF TURNS TRAITOR, AND OF HIS FATE 170 CHAPTER XVII. OF THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH FOR THE SUNKEN TREASURE—WEARYING AT LENGTH OF THE UNDERTAKING, THEY PURSUE THEIR COURSE—THE LEGEND OF ‘NELL’S BEACON,’ OR THE ‘CORPUS SANT’ 183 CHAPTER XVIII. A KNAVE OF THE CREW PLAYING WITH COGGED DICE IS KEEL-HAULED 191 CHAPTER XIX. WE CRUISE OFF CARTHAGENA AWAITING THE GALLEON, AND I FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE SPANIARDS 205