Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 49985-h.htm or 49985-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/49985/49985-h/49985-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/49985/49985-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/storyofjackballi1895pyle JACK BALLISTER’S FORTUNES [Illustration: “‘SPEAK UP, BOY, SPEAK UP,’ SAID THE GENTLEMAN.” (SEE PAGE 90.)] THE STORY OF JACK BALLISTER’S FORTUNES by HOWARD PYLE [Illustration: DECORATION] Being the Narrative of the Adventures of a Young Gentleman of Good Family, Who Was Kidnapped in the Year 1719 and Carried to the Plantations of the Continent of Virginia, Where He Fell in With That Famous Pirate Captain Edward Teach, or Blackbeard: of His Escape from the Pirates and the Rescue of a Young Lady from Out Their Hands [Illustration: LOGO] New York The Century Co. 1895 Copyright, 1894, 1895, by The Century Co. The De Vinne Press. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE AMERICA MERCHANT 5 II JACK BALLISTER 9 III JACK AND HIS UNCLE 26 IV CAPTAIN BUTTS 31 V KIDNAPPED 38 VI ABOARD THE ARUNDEL 43 VII ACROSS THE OCEAN 47 VIII TO THE END OF THE VOYAGE 57 IX IN VIRGINIA 65 X INTO BONDAGE 77 XI MARLBOROUGH 85 XII DOWN THE RIVER 92 XIII THE ROOST 97 XIV IN ENGLAND 102 XV LIFE AT THE ROOST 109 XVI JACK’S MASTER IN THE TOILS 116 XVII JACK RIDES ON A MISSION 124 XVIII MISS ELEANOR PARKER 130 XIX THE VISITOR AGAIN 135 XX THE WILD TURKEY 146 XXI THE STRUGGLE 154 XXII THE ESCAPE 161 XXIII A MEETING 168 XXIV AT MARLBOROUGH 179 XXV IN CAPTIVITY 190 XXVI THE PIRATE’S LAIR 198 XXVII AT BATH TOWN 203 XXVIII IN NORTH CAROLINA—IN VIRGINIA 211 XXIX AN EXPEDITION 221 XXX THE ATTEMPT 229 XXXI THE RETURN 237 XXXII A SCENE 243 XXXIII HOW JACK RESOLVED 253 XXXIV THE ESCAPE 265 XXXV THE BEGINNING OF THE VOYAGE 272