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Henry De Vere Stacpoole. Golden Ballast
Golden Ballast
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE FLYING MAN
CHAPTER II. THE MYSTERY OF THE “BALTRUM”
CHAPTER III. CAPTAIN SALT
CHAPTER IV. MISS DENNIS
CHAPTER V. LARRY SAYS “YES”
CHAPTER VI. THE ANCHOR OF THE DINGHY
CHAPTER VII. HOUSTON
CHAPTER VIII. JAMES
CHAPTER IX. GOLD
CHAPTER X. THE NEWS
CHAPTER XI. TUESDAY MORNING
CHAPTER XII. THE AUCTION
CHAPTER XIII. THE HIGHEST BIDDER
CHAPTER XIV. MAC ADAM
CHAPTER XV. LONDON
CHAPTER XVI. PLANS
CHAPTER XVII. MORGAN
CHAPTER XVIII. MAINSAIL HAUL!
CHAPTER XIX. THE GIRL TAKES CHARGE
CHAPTER XX. SOUTHWARD BOUND
CHAPTER XXI. SANTA CRUZ
CHAPTER XXII. BOMPARD
CHAPTER XXIII. LONGLEY AND HEARN
CHAPTER XXIV. THE LANDFALL
CHAPTER XXV. THEY TELL LARRY
CHAPTER XXVI. THE RISING OF THE CRABS
CHAPTER XXVII “HARD LABOUR”
CHAPTER XXVIII. UNDER THE SAND
CHAPTER XXIX. JAMES GOES AWAY
CHAPTER XXX. WHAT HAPPENED TO JAMES
CHAPTER XXXI. THE INDIGNATION OF CAPTAIN SHORTT
CHAPTER XXXII. CIGAR TOWN
CHAPTER XXXIII. APPLEJOHN
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE REAL BOMPARD
CHAPTER XXXV. MORDIAZ
CHAPTER XXXVI. LARRY
CHAPTER XXXVII. IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS
CHAPTER XXXVIII. KANE
CHAPTER XXXIX. THEY PUT OUT
CHAPTER XL. DISASTER
CHAPTER XLI. SUSPENSE
CHAPTER XLII. A PROBLEM
CHAPTER XLIII. THE FOOTSTEPS OF TWO MEN
CHAPTER XLIV. THE “BALTRUM”
CHAPTER XLV. THE END OF THE CRUISE
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Henry De Vere Stacpoole
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“I think, somehow, things are different now, sir,” said he. “I’m not talking of going on the racket or anything like that when I’m talking of a good time, but I’ve seen a lot of things in the last few years and the chaps that were always bothering about the future were the ones usually that never came home in the morning. You see, a chap like me that ought to have been dead half a dozen times, when he gets a bit of luck, wants to grab it and enjoy it unless something snatches it away. I want to get down to the sea for a few months. It’s the only thing I care for much. I want to get a boat and get out. After that it will be different.”
The grim and grey legal man turned, and taking a check book from a drawer began to write. Then he handed an open check for fifty pounds to the other.
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