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"'May the Lord help you,' says he in his voice of suet."
Hurricane Island
By H. B. MARRIOTT WATSON
Author of "CAPTAIN FORTUNE," Etc.
A. L. BURT COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK
Copyright, 1904, by
H. B. Marriott Watson
Copyright in Great Britain
Copyright, 1905, by
Doubleday, Page & Company
Published, February, 1905
TO
RICHARD BRERETON MARRIOTT WATSON
MY KEEN YET APPRECIATIVE CRITIC,
WHO PLEADED
ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAINS,
THIS TALE OF ADVENTURE BY SEA
IS DEDICATED WITH LOVE BY
ITS AUTHOR AND HIS
[Transcriber's Note:The dedication is incomplete.]
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | "The Sea Queen" | 3 |
| II. | In the "Three Tuns" | 15 |
| III. | Mademoiselle Trebizond | 30 |
| IV. | An Amazing Proposition | 45 |
| V. | The Wounded Man | 57 |
| VI. | The Conference in the Cabin | 73 |
| VII. | The Rising | 89 |
| VIII. | The Capture of the Bridge | 105 |
| IX. | The Flag of Truce | 123 |
| X. | Legrand's Wink | 135 |
| XI. | The Lull | 144 |
| XII. | In the Saloon | 157 |
| XIII. | The Fog | 169 |