Courage, True Hearts: Sailing in Search of Fortune
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Stables Gordon. Courage, True Hearts: Sailing in Search of Fortune
BOOK I. IN SCOTTISH WILDS AND LONDON STREETS
CHAPTER I. – HOPE TOLD A FLATTERING TALE
CHAPTER II. – HURRAH FOR "MERRIE ENGLAND"!
CHAPTER III. – THE BOYS' LIFE IN LONDON
CHAPTER IV. – WILD SPORTS ON MOORLAND AND ICE
CHAPTER V. – A HIGHLAND BLIZZARD – THE LOST SHEEP AND SHEPHERD
CHAPTER VI. – "THE BREATH OF GOD WAS OVER ALL THE LAND."
CHAPTER VII. – THE PARTING COMES AT LAST
BOOK II. THE CRUISE OF THE FLORA M'VAYNE
CHAPTER I. – THE TERRORS OF THE OCEAN
CHAPTER II. – A FEARFUL EXPERIENCE
CHAPTER III. – BOUND FOR SOUTHERN SEAS OF ICE
CHAPTER IV. – ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND
CHAPTER V. – JOHNNIE SHINGLES AND OLD MR. PEN
CHAPTER VI. – "BACK WATER ALL! FOR LIFE, BOYS, FOR LIFE!"
CHAPTER VII. – "HERE'S TO THE LOVED ONES AT HOME."
CHAPTER VIII. – CAPTAIN TALBOT SPINS A YARN
CHAPTER IX. – TONGUES OF LURID FIRE, BLUE, GREEN, AND DEEPEST CRIMSON
CHAPTER X. – SO POOR CONAL MUST PERISH!
CHAPTER XI. – THUS HAND IN HAND THE BROTHERS SLEEP
CHAPTER XII. – WINTER LIFE IN AN ANTARCTIC PACK
CHAPTER XIII. – A CHAOS OF ROLLING AND DASHING ICE
CHAPTER XIV. – "HEAVE, AND SHE GOES! HURRAH!"
CHAPTER XV. – THE ISLES OF DESOLATION
BOOK III. IN THE LAND OF THE NUGGET AND DIAMOND
CHAPTER I. – SHIPWRECK ON A LONELY ISLE
CHAPTER II. – A WEARY TIME
CHAPTER III. – CHILDREN OF THE SKY
CHAPTER IV. – TREASURE-HUNTERS. THE FOREST
CHAPTER V. – FIGHTING THE GORILLAS
CHAPTER VI. – AN INVADING ARMY-VICTORY!
CHAPTER VII. – THE MYSTERIOUS STONE
CHAPTER VIII. – THE BATTLE AT THE FORD
CHAPTER IX. – THE VERY IDENTICAL BIRD
CHAPTER X. – THE WELCOME HOME
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Had you been in the beautiful and wild forest of Glenvoie on that bright and blue-skied September morning-on one of its hills, let us say-and heard the music of those two boys' voices swelling up towards you, nothing that I know of could have prevented you from joining in. So joyous, so full of hope were they withal, that the very tune itself, to say nothing of the words, would have sent sorrow right straight away from your heart, if there had been any to send.
There was a pause just here, and from your elevated situation on that rocky pap, looking down, you would have rested your eyes on one of the prettiest rolling woodland scenes in all broad Scotland.
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It was Laird M'Vayne's turn to sigh now, for alas! he was far indeed from rich, and, young as they were, both his boys knew it. And between you and me and the binnacle, reader, the lads used to pray every night, that Heaven might enable them when they came to man's estate, or even before, to do something for the parents who had been so good to them.
"Well," the letter ran on, "I sha'n't say any more, only you will let the laddies (that is Scotch, isn't it?) come, won't you, cousin? and if we can only find out the time of the boat's arrival, Frank and I shall be at the dock waiting for them."
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