The Wizard of West Penwith: A Tale of the Land's-End
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Forfar William Bentinck. The Wizard of West Penwith: A Tale of the Land's-End
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. MR. FREEMAN
CHAPTER II. THE WRECK NEAR THE LAND'S-END
CHAPTER III. ALRINA
CHAPTER IV. THE UNEXPECTED MEETING
CHAPTER V. JOHN BROWN AND HIS FAVOURITE MARE "JESSIE."
CHAPTER VI. THE FAMILY PARTY
CHAPTER VII "MURDER MOST FOUL."
CHAPTER VIII. THE LAND'S-END CONJUROR
CHAPTER IX. LOVE AND MYSTERY
CHAPTER X. ALRINA'S TROUBLES INCREASE
CHAPTER XI. FREDERICK MORLEY OBSTINATELY DETERMINES ON RIDING THE MARE
CHAPTER XII. THE AWFUL RIDE
CHAPTER XIII. ITS CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XIV. MRS. BROWN TELLS THE CONJUROR A BIT OF HER MIND
CHAPTER XV. THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER AT THE PENZANCE BALL
CHAPTER XVI. JOSIAH'S ASTONISHMENT AT THE EFFECT PRODUCED BY THE DISPLAY OF HIS TREASURE-TROVE
CHAPTER XVII. THE BORROWED FEATHERS OF THE PEACOCK FAIL TO CONCEAL ENTIRELY THE NATURAL PLUMAGE OF THE JACKDAW
CHAPTER XVIII. THE BIRDS HAVE TAKEN FLIGHT
CHAPTER XIX. THE MYSTERIOUS ENCOUNTER
CHAPTER XX. ARISTOCRATIC CONNECTIONS
CHAPTER XXI. THE LOVE-CHASE
CHAPTER XXII. ALRINA'S FIRST LOVE-LETTER
CHAPTER XXIII. THE SECRET
CHAPTER XXIV "MAN IS BORN TO TROUBLE AND DISAPPOINTMENT, AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS."
CHAPTER XXV. RETROSPECTION AND RECRIMINATION
CHAPTER XXVI. SQUIRE PENDRAY GETS ON HIS STILTS, AND VIEWS LIEUT. FOWLER FROM A LOFTY EMINENCE
CHAPTER XXVII. THE STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
CHAPTER XXVIII. BY DOING A LITTLE WRONG, A GREAT GOOD IS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE END
CHAPTER XXIX. MRS. BROWN AND MRS. TRENOW INDULGE IN A CROOM O' CHAT. WHILE CAP'N TRENOW GIVES SOME SAGE ADVICE IN ANOTHER QUARTER
CHAPTER XXX. THE TWO SISTERS PIERCED THROUGH THE HEART
CHAPTER XXXI. OUT OF SCYLLA AND INTO CHARYBDIS
CHAPTER XXXII. ALRINA'S TROUBLES ARE INCREASED BY AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXXIII. ALRINA VISITS A KIND FRIEND AND MAKES A PROPOSAL
CHAPTER XXXIV. CAPTAIN COURLAND'S RETURN AND HIS WIFE'S ANXIETY
CHAPTER XXXV. THE DESPERATE PLUNGE
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE BROKEN REED
CHAPTER XXXVII. JOSIAH'S LONELY MIDNIGHT WATCH IN THE CONJUROR'S HOUSE
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE SEARCH
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE UNEXPECTED MEETING AND MYSTERIOUS COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER XL. MISS PENDRAY'S SINGULAR ACCIDENT
CHAPTER XLI. MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS ARE HEARD ISSUING OUT OF THE EARTH AT MIDNIGHT. THE CURIOUS COTTAGE ON THE HEATH
CHAPTER XLII. THE POOR DUMB GIRL'S SUDDEN RESOLVE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XLIII. THE CONFESSION
CHAPTER XLIV. MRS. BROWN ENJOYS ANOTHER CROOM O' CHAT WITH MRS. TRENOW, AND RECEIVES AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR
CHAPTER XLV. AN AWFUL CATASTROPHE
CHAPTER XLVI. THE DREADED INTERVIEW
CHAPTER XLVII. MYSTERIES EXPLAINED
CHAPTER XLVIII. A BRILLIANT CORNISH DIAMOND DISCOVERED AND PLACED IN A GOLDEN CASKET
CHAPTER XLIX. THE WEDDING BELLS
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Very near the most westerly point of Great Britain, and not very far from the promontory called Cape Cornwall, you may see, as you glide along the coast in your pleasure-boat of a calm summer's evening, a pretty little fishing-cove, in shape like a horse-shoe, – the two extreme points being formed by the projecting rocks on either side of the entrance, – the interior, or curved part, immediately under the main land, having a beautiful beach of white sand, on which boats can land with safety, when piloted by those who know the coast outside; for the little cove is guarded by hidden rocks, and is as safe in rough weather against invasion by the uninitiated, as if it had been fortified by a range of well-appointed batteries. Above this beach the cliffs rise gradually, and various zigzag footpaths are formed by the constant tread of the sailors and others who frequent the cove in going to and coming from the main land.
About a mile inland is a village of some importance, inhabited by sailors of various kinds, and miners and small farmers who occupy a few acres of land, and fill up their spare time by working at the neighbouring mines, either as mine labourers, or as carriers with their horses and carts.
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"Hould thy tongue, 'Siah Trenow," said an elderly man, rising from his seat in the chimney-corner, and taking a long pull at the jug of hot beer and sugar which the landlord had placed on the table; – "thee'st nevar knaw nothen. I'll tell 'ee, na, tes like as this here. How could a pixie handle a showl for to showley in the stuff again, I should like to knaw; and where could a pixie get a showl from?"
"What wor aw like, so fur as you could see, Maister Freeman?" continued he, turning round to where that gentleman had been sitting a minute ago, – when, to his astonishment, he saw that the seat was vacant.
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