Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
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Robert Michael Ballantyne. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
Chapter One. Begins the Story with a Peculiar Meeting
Chapter Two. Shows what Astonishing Results may follow from taking the Wrong Road
Chapter Three. Introduces a few more Characters and Homely Incidents
Chapter Four. At Work under the Sea
Chapter Five. Describes a Wreck and some of its Consequences
Chapter Six. Treats of the Miner’s Cottage, Work, and Costume
Chapter Seven. Tells of the Great Mine and of a Royal Dive under the Sea
Chapter Eight. Down, Down, Down
Chapter Nine. Treats of Difficulties to be Overcome
Chapter Ten. Shows how Maggot made a Desperate Venture, and what Flowed from it
Chapter Eleven. Shows that Music hath Charms, and also that it sometimes has Disadvantages
Chapter Twelve. In which Oliver gets “a Fall,” and sees some of the Shadows of the Miner’s Life
Chapter Thirteen. Treats of Spirits and of Sundry Spirited Matters and Incidents
Chapter Fourteen. Continues to treat of Spirits, and shows the Value of Hospitality
Chapter Fifteen. Introduces a Stranger, describes a Picnic, and reveals some Secrets of Mining
Chapter Sixteen. Describes “Holing to a House of Water” and its Terrible Consequences
Chapter Seventeen. Touches on the Causes of Accidents: Oliver in a New Light and his Uncle in a sad one
Chapter Eighteen. Tells of King Arthur and other more or less Fabulous Matters
Chapter Nineteen. Small Talk and some Account of Cornish Fairies
Chapter Twenty. The Mine in the Sea
Chapter Twenty One. Treats of Tin-Smelting and other Matters
Chapter Twenty Two. Shows how Oliver and his Friend went to Newlyn and saw the Mackerel Market, and found some Difficulties and Mysteries Awaiting them there
Chapter Twenty Three. In which is Recorded a Visit to an Infant-School; a Warning to a Thankless Old Gentleman; also a Storm, and a Sudden as well as Surprising End of a Mine, besides Dark Designs
Chapter Twenty Four. Exhibits the Managing Director and the Secretary of Wheal Dooem in Confidential Circumstances, and Introduces the Subject of “Locals.”
Chapter Twenty Five. Shows the Miner in his Sunday Garb, and Astonishes Clearemout, besides Relating some Incidents of an Accident
Chapter Twenty Six. Tells of a Discovery and a Disaster
Chapter Twenty Seven. Indicates that “We little know what Great Things from Little Things may rise.”
Chapter Twenty Eight. Describes Setting-Day at the Mine, etcetera
Chapter Twenty Nine. Details, among other Things, a Deed of Heroism
Chapter Thirty. Reveals some Astonishing Facts and their Consequences
Chapter Thirty One. Describes a Marred Plot, and tells of Retributive Justice
Chapter Thirty Two. Touches on Love and on Pilchard Fishing
Chapter Thirty Three. The Last
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Before Oliver Trembath had advanced half a mile on his path, he had cooled sufficiently to experience some regret at having been so quick to take offence at one who, being evidently an eccentric character, should not, he thought, have been broken with so summarily. Regrets, however, had come too late, so he endeavoured to shake off the disagreeable feelings that depressed him, and, the more effectually to accomplish this, burst forth into a bravura song with so much emphasis as utterly to drown, and no doubt to confound, two larks, which, up to that time, had been pouring their melodious souls out of their little bodies in the bright blue sky above.
Presently he came to a part of the moor where two roads diverged—one to the right and the other to the left. Recalling the shout of advice which the old gentleman had given him in parting, he took that which led to the left, and was gratified, on gaining an eminence a short distance in advance, to see in the far distance a square turret, which he concluded was that of the church of St. Just.
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“But you can’t fight without a weapon,” said the man; “and sure, if ’ee don’t shut them they’ll shut you.”
“No matter, I’ll take my chance,” said Oliver; “my good cudgel would have served me well enough, but it seems to have been swept away by the sea. Here, however, is a weapon that will suit me admirably,” he added, picking up a heavy piece of driftwood that lay at his feet.
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