The Birthright

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Hocking Joseph. The Birthright

CHAPTER I. TELLS HOW THE PENNINGTONS LOST PENNINGTON

CHAPTER II. TELLS HOW I, JASPER PENNINGTON, TRIED TO GET MY OWN

CHAPTER III. HOW I WAS ROBBED OF ELMWATER BARTON; HOW I FLOGGED THE TRESIDDERS, AND WAS PILLORIED BECAUSE OF IT

CHAPTER IV. I ESCAPE FROM THE WHIPPING-POST, AND FIND MY WAY TO GRANFER FRADDAM'S CAVE

CHAPTER V. I SEE NAOMI PENRYN ON ROCK CALLED THE SPANISH CAVALIER, AND RESCUE HER – WE ESCAPE FROM THE TRESIDDERS

CHAPTER VI. I DISCOVER ANOTHER CAVE, AND HEAR A CONVERSATION BETWEEN RICHARD TRESIDDER AND HIS SON

CHAPTER VII. I HEAR RICHARD TRESIDDER TELL NAOMI PENRYN'S HISTORY, AND AM IN DANGER OF BEING KILLED BY SMUGGLERS

CHAPTER VIII. I GO TO KYNANCE COVE WITH CAP'N JACK TRUSCOTT'S GANG, AND MEET HIS DAUGHTER TAMSIN

CHAPTER IX. WHAT HAPPENED AT CAP'N JACK'S HOUSE – TAMSIN'S CONFESSION, AND THE SMUGGLERS' PLANS

CHAPTER X. WHAT BECAME OF THE WRECKERS' LIGHT – HOW I ESCAPED AND ENTERED PENNINGTON

CHAPTER XI. I SEE NAOMI PENRYN, AND AM GREATLY ENCOURAGED, BUT SOON AFTER AM TAKEN PRISONER

CHAPTER XII. HOW MY LOVE SAVED ME – WHEN FREE I GO TO SEA, AND MONTHS LATER COME BACK TO BETSEY'S COTTAGE AND HEAR BAD NEWS

CHAPTER XIII. BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET – I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI – AFTERWARD I SEE MR. JOHN WESLEY

CHAPTER XIV. I AM TAKEN PRISONER, AND AFTERWARD EXPERIENCE MANY STRANGE THINGS – I AT LENGTH FIND MYSELF IN A DUNGEON

CHAPTER XV. MY EXPERIENCE IN MY PRISON – I AM TOLD TERRIBLE NEWS ABOUT NAOMI

CHAPTER XVI. I HEAR A STRANGE NOISE IN MY PRISON – THE SECRET PASSAGE WHICH I FOUND – A WILD STRUGGLE, AND A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE

CHAPTER XVII. TELLS OF THE MANNER OF MY ESCAPE, OF THE STRANGE MAN I MET, AND OF ELI'S STORY OF A BURIED TREASURE

CHAPTER XVIII. HOW I LEFT BEDRUTHEN STEPS AND, AFTER MEETING TAMSIN TRUSCOTT, SOUGHT FOR NAOMI

CHAPTER XIX. TELLS HOW I CLIMBED THE WALL OF THE MANOR HOUSE GARDEN, AND WHAT I SAW

CHAPTER XX. HOW I FELLED A HORSE WITH MY FIST, AND CARRIED NAOMI SOUTHWARD

CHAPTER XXI. HOW I TOOK NAOMI TO MULLION PORTH AND THEN STARTED WITH ELI TO FIND THE TREASURE

CHAPTER XXII. HOW I FOUND THE SECRET OF THE TREASURE, AND WENT TO THE SCILLY ISLES

CHAPTER XXIII. HOW WE FOUND THE IRON BOX ON ANNETTE ISLAND, AND THE TERRIBLE ENDING TO OUR ADVENTURE

CHAPTER XXIV. TELLS OF THE STRANGE REVELATION MADE BY THE MADMAN OF BEDRUTHEN STEPS, AND OF TAMSIN TRUSCOTT'S TREACHERY

CHAPTER XXV. HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY

CHAPTER XXVI. TELLS OF MY FORTUNES IN WINNING BACK MY BIRTHRIGHT, AND FINISHES THE TALE

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I do not think I have as yet mentioned it, but Richard Tresidder – I mean the man who entered into my father's possessions – had three sons and one daughter, and each of these was brought up with the thought that I was their natural enemy. Of course, they were informed that my grandfather's will provided the means whereby I, if I were sufficiently fortunate, could buy back the estate at half its valued worth. And they were in constant suspense about it. If I were to marry a rich wife it could be done; if I were to have some stroke of fortune their home might be taken from them, they having only a given sum of money. And thus it was to their interest to keep me poor, as well as to damage my reputation in the neighbourhood.

The eldest son was a year or more older than I, and was, of course, respected as the heir to the Pennington lands, for it is strange how people's sympathies veer around on the side of the people who are in power. My father has told me many times how, when he was thought to be the prospective heir of Pennington, people could not make enough of him, while Richard Tresidder had but scant courtesy paid him. When it became known that my father was disinherited, no matter how unjustly, these same folks discovered that Richard Tresidder was a very mine of wit and goodness, while my father was made a butt for fools' jokes.

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"Look after your master," I said; then I saw the knife with which Nick had stabbed me lying on the ground. "There," I said, "you know that knife, I expect; your master used it while we wrestled."

But Buddle was dazed, and did not reply. So when I had put on my coat I went to Nick Tresidder, who was very faint and unable to walk, so ill had he become. Then my heart softened, and together we took him up to Pennington, and Buddle, who was by this time better, said he could manage him.

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