The Flag of Distress: A Story of the South Sea
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Reid Mayne. The Flag of Distress: A Story of the South Sea
Chapter One. A Chase
Chapter Two. A Call for Boarders
Chapter Three. Forecastle Fears
Chapter Four. The Cutter’s Crew
Chapter Five. A Feast Unfinished
Chapter Six “A Phantom Ship – Sure!”
Chapter Seven. A Black Squall
Chapter Eight. A Fleet of many Flags
Chapter Nine. A Brace of British Officers
Chapter Ten. A Pair of Spanish Señoritas
Chapter Eleven. Mutual Admissions
Chapter Twelve. A Couple of Californian “Caballeros.”
Chapter Thirteen. Confession of Fear
Chapter Fourteen. A Sweet Pair of Suitors
Chapter Fifteen. A Rude Rencontre
Chapter Sixteen. A Ship without Sailors
Chapter Seventeen. A Charter-Party
Chapter Eighteen. In Search of a Second
Chapter Nineteen. A “Paseo de Caballo.”
Chapter Twenty. Pot Valiant
Chapter Twenty One. A “Golpe de Caballo.”
Chapter Twenty Two “Hasta Cadiz!”
Chapter Twenty Three. On Pleasure Bent
Chapter Twenty Four. A Tar of the Olden Type
Chapter Twenty Five. The Sailor’s Home
Chapter Twenty Six. Opportune Visitors
Chapter Twenty Seven. An Inhospitable Hostelry
Chapter Twenty Eight. The “Hell” El Dorado
Chapter Twenty Nine. A Monté Bank in Full Blast
Chapter Thirty. Fighting the Tiger
Chapter Thirty One. A Plucky “Sport.”
Chapter Thirty Two. A Supper Carte-Blanche
Chapter Thirty Three. Harry Blew Homeless
Chapter Thirty Four. In Dangerous Proximity
Chapter Thirty Five. Crusaders, to the Rescue!
Chapter Thirty Six. A Neglected Dwelling
Chapter Thirty Seven. Mysterious Communications
Chapter Thirty Eight. A Conversation with Quadrumana
Chapter Thirty Nine. The “Blue-Peter.”
Chapter Forty. Dreading a “Desafio.”
Chapter Forty One. The Last Look
Chapter Forty Two. A Solemn Compact
Chapter Forty Three. The “Bonanza.”
Chapter Forty Four “Ambre La Puerta!”
Chapter Forty Five. A Scratch Crew
Chapter Forty Six “Adios California!”
Chapter Forty Seven. A Tattoo that needs Retouching
Chapter Forty Eight. A Crew that means Mutiny
Chapter Forty Nine. Two “Sydney Ducks.”
Chapter Fifty. An Appalling Prospect
Chapter Fifty One. Plot upon Plot
Chapter Fifty Two. Share and Share Alike
Chapter Fifty Three “Castles in Spain.”
Chapter Fifty Four. Coldly Received
Chapter Fifty Five “Down Helm.”
Chapter Fifty Six. Panama or Santiago?
Chapter Fifty Seven. A Cheerful Cuddy
Chapter Fifty Eight. Kill or Drown?
Chapter Fifty Nine. The Tintoreras
Chapter Sixty. The Scuttlers
Chapter Sixty One. The Barque Abandoned
Chapter Sixty Two. Two Tarquins
Chapter Sixty Three. Within the Grotto
Chapter Sixty Four. Oceanwards
Chapter Sixty Five. Partitioning the Spoil
Chapter Sixty Six. A Tender Subject
Chapter Sixty Seven. A Duel Adjourned
Chapter Sixty Eight. Long-Suffering
Chapter Sixty Nine. Help from Heaven
Chapter Seventy. Conjectures too True
Chapter Seventy One. A Struggle with the Storm
Chapter Seventy Two. A Card Recovered
Chapter Seventy Three. The Last Leaf in the Log
Chapter Seventy Four. A Lottery of Life and Death
Chapter Seventy Five. By the Signal-Staff
Chapter Seventy Six. A Very Nemesis
Chapter Seventy Seven. Almost a Murder
Chapter Seventy Eight. The Tables nearly Turned
Chapter Seventy Nine. A Sailor’s True Yarn
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The frigate is becalmed – what of the barque? Has she been similarly stayed in her course?
The question is asked by all on board the warship, each seeking the answer for himself. For all are earnestly gazing at the strange vessel regardless of their own condition.
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“Ah! about that we two differ. Give me California for a country, and San Francisco for a home; though it’s not much of a city yet. It will, ere long; and I should like to stay in it. But that’s not to be, and there’s an end of the matter. Father has determined on leaving. Indeed, he has already sold out; so that this house and the lands around it are no longer ours. As the lawyers have the deed of transfer, and the purchase money has been paid, we’re only here on sufferance, and must soon yield possession. Then, we’re to take ship for Panama, go across the Isthmus and over the Atlantic Ocean; once more to renew the Old-world life, with all its stupid ceremonies. How I shall miss the free wild ways of California – its rural sports – with their quaint originality and picturesqueness! I’m sure I shall die of ennui, soon after reaching Spain. Your Cadiz will kill me.”
“But, Carmen; surely you can’t be happy here – now that everything is so changed? Why, we can scarce walk out in safety, or take a promenade through the streets of the town, crowded with those rude fellows in red-shirts, who’ve come to dig for gold – Anglo-Saxons, as they call themselves.”
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