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R. M. Ballantyne. The Middy and the Moors
The Middy and the Moors
Table of Contents
Chapter Two
Among Pirates—Enslaved
Chapter Three
The Bagnio—Our Hero sees something of Misery, and is sold as a Slave
Chapter Four
Our Middy is put to Work—Also put on his “word-of-Honour,” and receives a Great Shock of Surprise
Chapter Five
The Maiden’s Story—Peter the Great and the Middy go for a Holiday and see Awful Things
Chapter Six
Our Hero sees the Moors in Several Aspects, and makes a Great Discovery
Chapter Seven
The Middy obtains a Decided Advance, and Makes Peter the Great his Confidant
Chapter Eight
A Severe Trial—Secret Communication under Difficulties, and Sudden Flight
Chapter Nine
Hester introduced to a New Home and New Friends under Peculiar Circumstances, and a New Name
Chapter Ten
Torture is Applied in Vain, and True Love is not to be Deceived
Chapter Eleven
Dangers, Vicissitudes, Escapes, New Surroundings, Hopes, And Fears
Chapter Twelve
The Middy, becoming Defiant and Violent, comes to Grief, and Hester’s Black Friends devise Strange Things
Chapter Thirteen
Hester and her Father severely Tested
Chapter Fourteen
A Brave Dash for Life and Freedom
Chapter Fifteen
A Strange Visit, a Strange Commission, and a Strange Display of Temper
Chapter Sixteen
Mysterious and Daring Deeds are Crowned with Success
Chapter Seventeen
The Last
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R. M. Ballantyne
An Algerine Story
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When our unfortunate midshipman awoke next morning, raised himself on his elbow, and felt that all his bones and muscles were stiff and pained from lying on a stone floor, it was some time before he could make out where he was, or recall the events of the last few days. The first thing that revived his sluggish memory was the scuttling away, in anxious haste, of a scorpion that had sought and found comfortable quarters during the night under the lee of his right leg. Starting up, he crushed the reptile with his foot.
“You will get used to that,” said a quietly sarcastic voice with a slightly foreign accent, close to him.
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