Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty By: Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
First Page: [Illustration: A Queen but yesterday. (See page 418.)] LATITUDE 19° A ROMANCE OF THE WEST INDIES IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY Being a faithful account and true, of the painful adventures of the Skipper, the Bo's'n, the Smith, the Mate, and Cynthia BY MRS. SCHUYLER CROWNINSHIELD Author of Where the Trade Winds Blow ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE GIBBS [Illustration] NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1898 COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. All rights reserved. To C. S. C. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. OUR INVOLUNTARY LANDING 5 II. OUR FIRST VIEW OF THE NATIVES 29 III. WE CHANGE OUR CAMP, AND CYNTHIA DISCOVERS A DISTURBING ELEMENT 45 IV. THE SKIPPER MAKES A PRAYER 68 V. A MYSTERIOUS FLIGHT 84 VI. THE PIRATES RETURN 99 VII. A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES 125 VIII. A LIVING DEATH 143 IX. I AM RESCUED 159 X. THE MINION POINTS A MORAL, ALTHOUGH HE DOES NOT ADORN A TALE 169 XI. THE BO'S'N HIDES THE TREASURE 189 XII. THE SKIPPER AGAIN ENACTS THE RÔLE OF CHAPLAIN 204 XIII. I COMMIT THE ERROR OF MY LIFE 222 XIV. WE START OUT TO LAY A SNARE AND FALL INTO A TRAP 240 XV. WE MEET SOME STRANGE ACQUAINTANCES, ARE MADE PRISONERS, AND LOSE OUR ONLY MEANS OF RESCUE 259 XVI. THE GOAT WITHOUT HORNS 277 XVII. I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND LOSE MY ALL 297 XVIII. WE FIND A NEW ABODE, AND ZALEE DEPARTS TO SEEK SUCCOUR 308 XIX. WE MEET FOR THE SECOND TIME WITH "LE BRUIT DU GOUFFRE," AND I TAKE ANOTHER JOURNEY 325 XX. I MEET WITH THE TERRIBLE BLACK KING, AND VOLUNTARILY ASSUME A TASK TO REGAIN MY LIBERTY 345 XXI. I OFFEND THE KING'S FOSTER BROTHER, AND AM FORCED TO TAKE THE CONSEQUENCES 368 XXII. WE ENGAGE IN BATTLE, MURDER, SUDDEN DEATH, AND FREEDOM 393 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FACING PAGE A Queen but yesterday Frontispiece Pirates at play 134 The Skipper's marriage service 220 The Pythoness circled slowly around 284 Cynthia was standing on the very edge of the chasm 330 Sans Souci , the Palace of King Christophe 342 I placed my foot on his neck 355 LATITUDE 19°. THE HOMESTEAD, BELLEVILLE, N. J. September 23, 1867. DEAR SON ADONIAH: In complying with your request that I jot down the facts with regard to my early experiences at the time when I was cast away, I have hardly known what to tell and what to leave untold. I could not relate to you the detailed occurrences of each day, though you will think that I have come quite near it, for it would have made a manuscript too large in size. I have told you much when we have been sitting by the fire on a winter evening, you with your leg on a chair, and little Adoniah hanging round you trying to persuade you to "make Grandpa stop," that you might tell him your more recent tale of interest of the battle of Gettysburg... Continue reading book >>

Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty By: Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield

First Page:

[Illustration: A Queen but yesterday. (See page 418.)]

LATITUDE 19°

A ROMANCE OF THE WEST INDIES IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY

Being a faithful account and true, of the painful adventures of the Skipper, the Bo's'n, the Smith, the Mate, and Cynthia

BY MRS. SCHUYLER CROWNINSHIELD Author of Where the Trade Winds Blow

ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE GIBBS

[Illustration]

NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1898

C. S. C.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. OUR INVOLUNTARY LANDING 5

II. OUR FIRST VIEW OF THE NATIVES 29

III. WE CHANGE OUR CAMP, AND CYNTHIA DISCOVERS A DISTURBING ELEMENT 45

IV. THE SKIPPER MAKES A PRAYER 68

V. A MYSTERIOUS FLIGHT 84

VI. THE PIRATES RETURN 99

VII. A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES 125

VIII. A LIVING DEATH 143

IX. I AM RESCUED 159

X. THE MINION POINTS A MORAL, ALTHOUGH HE DOES NOT ADORN A TALE 169

XI. THE BO'S'N HIDES THE TREASURE 189

XII. THE SKIPPER AGAIN ENACTS THE RÔLE OF CHAPLAIN 204

XIII. I COMMIT THE ERROR OF MY LIFE 222

XIV. WE START OUT TO LAY A SNARE AND FALL INTO A TRAP 240

XV. WE MEET SOME STRANGE ACQUAINTANCES, ARE MADE PRISONERS, AND LOSE OUR ONLY MEANS OF RESCUE 259

XVI. THE GOAT WITHOUT HORNS 277

XVII. I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND LOSE MY ALL 297

XVIII. WE FIND A NEW ABODE, AND ZALEE DEPARTS TO SEEK SUCCOUR 308

XIX. WE MEET FOR THE SECOND TIME WITH "LE BRUIT DU GOUFFRE," AND I TAKE ANOTHER JOURNEY 325

XX. I MEET WITH THE TERRIBLE BLACK KING, AND VOLUNTARILY ASSUME A TASK TO REGAIN MY LIBERTY 345

XXI. I OFFEND THE KING'S FOSTER BROTHER, AND AM FORCED TO TAKE THE CONSEQUENCES 368

XXII. WE ENGAGE IN BATTLE, MURDER, SUDDEN DEATH, AND FREEDOM 393

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FACING PAGE A Queen but yesterday Frontispiece Pirates at play 134 The Skipper's marriage service 220 The Pythoness circled slowly around 284 Cynthia was standing on the very edge of the chasm 330 Sans Souci , the Palace of King Christophe 342 I placed my foot on his neck 355

LATITUDE 19°.

THE HOMESTEAD, BELLEVILLE, N. J. September 23, 1867.

DEAR SON ADONIAH: In complying with your request that I jot down the facts with regard to my early experiences at the time when I was cast away, I have hardly known what to tell and what to leave untold. I could not relate to you the detailed occurrences of each day, though you will think that I have come quite near it, for it would have made a manuscript too large in size. I have told you much when we have been sitting by the fire on a winter evening, you with your leg on a chair, and little Adoniah hanging round you trying to persuade you to "make Grandpa stop," that you might tell him your more recent tale of interest of the battle of Gettysburg... Continue reading book >>

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