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John Bloundelle-Burton. The Hispaniola Plate (1683-1893)
The Hispaniola Plate (1683-1893)
Table of Contents
PREFACE
A NEW NOVELIST
THE HISPANIOLA PLATE
CHAPTER I. NICHOLAS CRAFER'S STRANGE WILL
CHAPTER II. AN OLD BIT OF HISTORY
CHAPTER III. THE VANISHED MR. WARGRAVE
CHAPTER IV. CAZALET'S BANK
CHAPTER V. CAPTAIN WILLIAM PHIPS
CHAPTER VI. THE BEGINNING OF A MUTINY
CHAPTER VII. THE ENDING OF IT
CHAPTER VIII. THE SECOND MUTINY
CHAPTER IX. AND THE PREPARATIONS AGAINST IT
CHAPTER X. AND HOW IT WAS ENDED
CHAPTER XI. THEY HAVE TO DESIST
CHAPTER XII. THE BARK "FURIE."
CHAPTER XIII. THE OLD MAN'S STORY
CHAPTER XIV. THE WRECK IS FOUND
CHAPTER XV. WHAT THE FIRST SEARCH REVEALED
CHAPTER XVI. AN HONEST MAN ARRIVES
CHAPTER XVII. AN ALARM FROM THE "FURIE."
CHAPTER XVIII. TREACHERY AND FLIGHT
CHAPTER XIX. THE "HONEST MAN" IN HIS TRUE COLOURS
CHAPTER XX. A FIGHT
CHAPTER XXI. THE VILLAIN'S DEN
CHAPTER XXII. MAD!
CHAPTER XXIII. THE TREASURE HOUSE
CHAPTER XXIV. WHAT WAS IN THE TREASURE HOUSE
CHAPTER XXV. THE MIDDLE KEY
CHAPTER XXVI. NICHOLAS LEAVES THE ISLAND
CHAPTER XXVII. THE NARRATIVE ENDS
CHAPTER XXVIII. OFF TO THE VIRGIN ISLES
CHAPTER XXIX. DRAWING NEAR
CHAPTER XXX. OUT OF THE DEPTHS OF A FAR DISTANT PAST
CHAPTER XXXI. SOME LIGHT UPON THE PAST
CHAPTER XXXII. THE SOLITUDE IS INTERRUPTED
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE ISLAND'S OWNER
CHAPTER XXXIV. JOSEPH ALDERLY
CHAPTER XXXV. DANGER IMPENDING
CHAPTER XXXVI. BEWARE!
CHAPTER XXXVII "AND DEATH THE END OF ALL."
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE OWNER OF THE TREASURE
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE APPROACHING SEARCH
CHAPTER XL. THE SEARCH
CHAPTER XLI. THE END
Footnote
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John Bloundelle-Burton
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"A lot of rubbish," repeated Creech. "There's several old boxes, most of them burst open, with leases, I should say, belonging to dead and gone customers of the bank, and a heap of broken old furniture that belonged upstairs when the family lived over the bank. I found a fine copper warming-pan, that Mr. Jones made me a present of; and I think there's an old spinet down there, and broken chairs and tables, and office stuff, and a basket full of broken glass and crockery, and that sort of thing."
"Humph!" said the elder brother. "Leases, eh? We ought to look into those. If they're ours we ought to preserve them, and if they belonged to customers who have left descendants, they should be returned. They may still be of the greatest value. Who can tell?"
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