In the Days of Drake
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Fletcher Joseph Smith. In the Days of Drake
INTRODUCTION
IN THE DAYS OF DRAKE
CHAPTER I. OF MY HOME, FRIENDS, AND SURROUNDINGS
CHAPTER II. PHARAOH NANJULIAN
CHAPTER III. ROSE
CHAPTER IV. FOUL PLAY
CHAPTER V. PHARAOH NANJULIAN AGAIN
CHAPTER VI. SCHEMES AND STRATAGEMS
CHAPTER VII. WE ESCAPE THE SPANIARDS
CHAPTER VIII. AN UNKNOWN LAND
CHAPTER IX. AN ADVENTURE OF SOME IMPORTANCE
CHAPTER X. THE BLACK SHADOWS
CHAPTER XI. CAPTIVE
CHAPTER XII. MORE CRUEL THAN WILD BEASTS
CHAPTER XIII. THE AUTO-DA-FE
CHAPTER XIV. ON BOARD THE GALLEY
CHAPTER XV. NUNEZ IN A NEW GUISE
CHAPTER XVI. THE FLAG OF ENGLAND
CHAPTER XVII. FRANCIS DRAKE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FATE OF NUNEZ AND FREY BARTOLOMEO
CHAPTER XIX. HOME WITH DRAKE
CHAPTER XX. BEECHCOT ONCE MORE
CHAPTER XXI. HOW THEY RANG THE BELLS AT BEECHCOT CHURCH
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Now that I am an old man, and have some leisure, which formerly I did not enjoy, I am often minded to write down my memories of that surprising and remarkable adventure of mine, which began in the year 1578, and came to an end, by God’s mercy, two years later.
There are more reasons than one why I should engage in this task. Every Christmas brings a houseful of grandchildren and young folks about me, and they, though they have heard it a dozen times already, are never tired of hearing me re-tell the story which seems to them so wonderful.
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So I took the man to the kitchen, and fed him, and soon he went away.
“Young master,” said he, “if I can ever repay this kindness I will, yea, with interest. Pharaoh Nanjulian never forgets.”
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