The Pirate City: An Algerine Tale
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Robert Michael Ballantyne. The Pirate City: An Algerine Tale
Chapter One. Opens the Tale
Chapter Two. Unfolds a Little of the Tale
Chapter Three. Reveals something Surprising in Regard to European Forbearance And Piratic Impudence
Chapter Four. Introduces the Reader to the Pirate City, and to a Few of its Peculiarities and Practices
Chapter Five. Shows the Light in which Consuls were Regarded by Pirates, and tells of a Cruel Separation and a Stunning Blow
Chapter Six. Sends a Gleam of Hope into a Gloomy Region
Chapter Seven. Some New Characters walk, glide, and furiously gallop into the Tale, and otherwise introduce themselves to Notice
Chapter Eight. Ted Flaggan and Rais Ali proceed on a Mission, and see Impressive Sights
Chapter Nine. Describes a Moorish Bride, a Wedding, and a Metamorphosis, besides indicating a Plot
Chapter Ten. Shows what Lessons were taught in the Bagnio, and describes a Brave Dash for Freedom
Chapter Eleven. Is Diplomatic and Otherwise
Chapter Twelve. Mrs Langley and Agnes go out to Dinner
Chapter Thirteen. Relates Something about Improvements, Surprises, and Changes in the State of Affairs
Chapter Fourteen. The Plot thickens, and Mariano’s Forbearance and Courage are tested
Chapter Fifteen. In which Ted Flaggan and his Friend Rais Ali act a Conscious Part, and a Political Storm begins to break
Chapter Sixteen. Tells of Riot and Revolution in the Pirate City
Chapter Seventeen. Francisco and his Son in Danger
Chapter Eighteen. In which Soles are beaten and Men are sold—With Plots and Counterplots
Chapter Nineteen. Describes an Important Event in the Pirate City
Chapter Twenty. Describes a Retreat among the Hills
Chapter Twenty One. Social Intercourse in the Cavern
Chapter Twenty Two. Shows how the Pirates were wont to treat Men of Note
Chapter Twenty Three. In which Danger looms very Dark in and around the Pirate City
Chapter Twenty Four. The Dark Clouds begin to thicken—A Rescue attempted—Master Jim plays a Conspicuous Part
Chapter Twenty Five. The Coming Struggle looms on the Horizon
Chapter Twenty Six. In which Rais Ali and Ted Flaggan play a Vigorous Part
Chapter Twenty Seven. Describes the Bombardment of Algiers
Chapter Twenty Eight. The Last
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Another and a very different vessel chanced to be floating in those seas at the time the Sicilian trader set sail. At a distance she might have been mistaken for a fishing-boat, for she carried only two lateen sails, of that high triangular form which may still be seen in the Mediterranean and on the lakes of Switzerland. In reality, however, the vessel was of greater dimensions than even the largest boat, and her main-mast with its sail was of gigantic proportions. She was also full-decked, and several pieces of heavy ordnance pointed their black muzzles from port-holes in her bulwarks.
No one could have mistaken her character as a vessel of war, for, besides the guns referred to, she had an unusually large crew of bronzed and stalwart men. Their costume, as well as their arms, told that these were of Eastern origin. Although there was much variety in detail, they all wore the same gold-laced jackets, the same loose Turkish drawers gathered in below the knees, and broad silken scarfs round their waists, with richly chased silver-mounted pistols and yataghans or curved swords. Some wore the turban, others the blue-tasselled red fez or tarbouch of Tunis, while a few contented themselves with a kerchief tied loosely round their heads.
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“It might have been harder, Sidi Hassan, if it had condemned you to be slain by the hand of a Christian,” replied the Jew, with an air of humility that scarcely harmonised with his towering height and his breadth of shoulder.
“Spare them, Sidi Hassan,” said the Jew in a deeply earnest tone.
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