The Project Gutenberg Works of George Gibbs

CHAPTER.		PAGE
I.	Of my Meeting with Master Hooper	1
II.	Of the Taking of the Cristobal	10
III.	Mademoiselle	29
IV.	Of my Bout with De Baçan	39
V.	Dieppe	51
VI.	In which I Learn Something	65
VII.	In which I Find new Employment	81
VIII.	We Reach the New Land	95
IX.	We Put to Sea	110
X.	The Hericano	124
XI.	What Befell Us upon the Sand-spit	135
XII.	Truce	150
XIII.	The Line upon the Sand	164
XIV.	The Martyrdom	174
XV.	The Lodge of Seloy	189
XVI.	Of our Escape	204
XVII.	In which we Journey to Paris	219
XVIII.	The Poet King	235
XIX.	I Meet the Avenger	252
XX.	We Set Forth Again	267
XXI.	We Form an Alliance	281
XXII.	Olotoraca	298
XXIII.	The Moon-Princess	314
XXIV.	We Advance	329
XXV.	The Death of the Wolf	344
XXVI.	And Last	361

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	The Fleece Tavern	1
II.	Mistress Barbara Dances the Coranto	11
III.	Monsieur Mornay Becomes Unpopular	31
IV.	Monsieur Waits upon a Lady	47
V.	Indecision	68
VI.	The Escape	87
VII.	Barbara	113
VIII.	The Saucy Sally	134
IX.	"Bras-de-Fer"	146
X.	Bras-de-Fer Makes a Capture	165
XI.	The Enemy in the House	184
XII.	Prisoner and Captor	201
XIII.	Monsieur Learns Something	213
XIV.	The Unmasking	231
XV.	Mutiny	249
XVI.	Marooned	268

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Lost	1
II.	Babes in the Woods	11
III.	Voices	22
IV.	Eden	33
V.	Woman and Man	46
VI.	The Shadow	60
VII.	Allegro	73
VIII.	Chicot, the Jester	84
IX.	The Lorings	95
X.	Mr. Van Duyn Rides Forth	109
XI.	The Cedarcroft Set	122
XII.	Nellie Pennington Cuts In	136
XIII.	Mrs. Pennington's Brougham	151
XIV.	The Junior Member	166
XV.	Discovered	177
XVI.	Behind the Enemy's Back	190
XVII.	"The Pot and Kettle"	200
XVIII.	The Enemy and a Friend	212
XIX.	Love on Crutches	225
XX.	The Intruder	236
XXI.[vi]	Temptation	247
XXII.	Smoke and Fire	261
XXIII.	The Mouse and the Lion	273
XXIV.	Diamond Cut Diamond	285
XXV.	Deep Water	297
XXVI.	Big Business	310
XXVII.	Mr. Loring Reflects	323
XXVIII.	The Lodestar	338
XXIX.	Arcadia Again	350

CHAPTER		PAGE
	Prelude	1
I.	Sheltered People	5
II.	The Undercurrent	17
III.	Rice-Papers	31
IV.	Dangerous Secrets	45
V.	The Pursuit Continues	55
VI.	Rizzio Takes Charge	68
VII.	An Intruder	83
VIII.	Evidence	96
IX.	The Viking's Tower	108
X.	The Yellow Dove	121
XI.	Von Stromberg	131
XII.	Hammersley Explains	145
XIII.	The Unwilling Guest	157
XIV.	Von Stromberg Catechises	172
XV.	The Inquisition	188
XVI.	The General Plays to Win	206
XVII.	Lindberg	221
XVIII.	Success	243
XIX.	The Cave on the Thorwald	260
XX.	The Fight in the Cavern	275
XXI.	Hare and Hounds	289
XXII.	From the Heights	306
XXIII.	Headquarters	320

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CHAPTER		PAGE
	Prologue	1
I	Introducing Peter Nichols	15
II	New York	27
III	The Overall Girl	42
IV	The Job	56
V	New Elements	71
VI	The House of Terror	88
VII	Music	105
VIII	The Placard	121
IX	Shad Is Unpleasant	137
X	Hawk	153
XI	Ancient History	170
XII	Confession	186
XIII	The Chase	207
XIV	Two Letters	226
XV	Superman	236
XVI	Identification	253
XVII	Peter Becomes a Conspirator	266
XVIII	Face to Face	276
XIX[Pg vi]	Yakimov Reveals Himself	291
XX	The Russian Pays	308
XXI	The Inferno	326
XXII	Retribution	343
XXIII	A Visitor	357

“But the Great Head rocks didn’t hear.”	Frontispiece
“‘I beg pardon,’ he repeated, ‘but isn’t this yours?’”		66
“‘What a lot of vermilion you use.’”		142
“‘You are supposed to be playing the golf of the New Era.’”		256

	PAGE
The Effrontery of Paul Jones	7
HIS FIGHT WITH THE "DRAKE" AND DESCENT ON WHITEHAVEN
A Struggle to the Death	24
PAUL JONES'S FIGHT WITH THE "SERAPIS"
The Terrier and the Mastiff	34
NICHOLAS BIDDLE'S WONDERFUL FIGHT
Decatur and the "Philadelphia"	46
The Biggest Little Fight in Naval History	56
DECATUR AND THE TRIPOLITAN GUNBOATS
A Double Encounter	73
STEWART AND THE "CYANE" AND "LEVANT"
The "Constitution" and the "Guerriere"	90
The "Wasp" and the "Frolic"	106
The "Constitution" and the "Java"	117
The Last of the "Essex"	132
The Captain of the Maintop	148
Cushing and the "Albemarle"	158
Somers and the "Intrepid"	170
The Passing of the Old Navy	181
OLD SALTS AND NEW SAILORS. THE OLD SHIPS AND THE NEW
Farragut in Mobile Bay	220
At the Naval Academy	231
Our Nation's New Heroes	248
Heroes of the Deep	274
OUR FISHING FLEET

The Escape of the "Constitution"	Frontispiece
The Descent on Whitehaven	17
"Yard-arm to Yard-arm"	27
Decatur boards the "Philadelphia"	52
The Danger of the "Intrepid"	53
"No 'Dutch Courage' on THIS Ship"	83
In the Tops of the "Constitution"	101
The "Constellation" and the "Vengeance"	155
The Smoking Hour	189
Neptune comes Aboard	191
Modern Sea Monsters in Action	204
The Admiral lashed to the Rigging	225
Reefing Top-sails	242
They did not touch Him and His Leg was saved	252
Her Last Duty	263

"Then I left her." (Page 115)	Frontispiece.
	PAGE
"A moi! a moi!"	24
"A line in the sand!"	170
"Quick as he was, my hand was ever quicker."	357

"His blond hair disheveled, his shoulders coatless, Cyril emerged."	Frontispiece
	FACING PAGE
"'Not that,' he whispered hoarsely, 'for God's sake-not that.'"	80
"Her lips ... were whispering words that she hoped could follow him into the distance."	128
"The truth, and he becomes an honorable prisoner of war. Silence, and he is shot tomorrow. Speak."	218

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George Gibbs

INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF GEORGE GIBBS

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PARADISE GARDEN

THE SATIRICAL NARRATIVE OF A GREAT EXPERIMENT

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THE SECRET WITNESS

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Illustrated By George Brehm

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VAGRANT DUKE

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THE MAKER OF OPPORTUNITIES

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Illustrated By Edmund Frederick

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Golden Bough

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PIKE & CUTLASS

HERO TALES OF OUR NAVY

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THE FORBIDDEN WAY

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SPLENDID OUTCAST

By George Gibbs

Illustrated By George Gibbs

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IN SEARCH OF MADEMOISELLE

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THE LOVE OF MONSIEUR

By George Gibbs

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THE SILENT BATTLE

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THE YELLOW DOVE

By George Gibbs

Illustrated By The Author

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