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DROWNED GOLD
ROY NORTON
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"I WISH TO SEND YOU TO FRANCE WITH JUST THREE MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF GOLD" (page 77)
DROWNED GOLD
BEING THE STORY
OF A SAILOR'S LIFE
BY
ROY NORTON
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BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
the Knickerbocker Press
1919
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY STREET & SMITH
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY ROY NORTON
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO
CHARLES AGNEW MACLEAN, Esq.
A VERY LOYAL AND STEADFAST FRIEND
WITHOUT WHOSE ENCOURAGEMENT
AND SUGGESTIONS
THIS TALE WOULD HAVE REMAINED UNTOLD
ILLUSTRATIONS
"This is my Daughter, Marty," he explained 6
True enough, there lay the Esperanza 220
Drawn by J. D. Whiting
- PART I
- Chapter 1 1
- Chapter 2 8
- Chapter 3 14
- Chapter 4 26
- Chapter 5 36
- Chapter 6 45
- Chapter 7 53
- Chapter 8 66
- Chapter 9 80
- Chapter 10 87
- Chapter 11 94
- Chapter 12 112
- Chapter 13 123
- Chapter 14 131
- Chapter 15 142
- Chapter 16 151
- Chapter 17 163
- Chapter 18 171
- PART II
- Chapter 19 175
- Chapter 20 188
- Chapter 21 198
- Chapter 22 209
- Chapter 23 220
- Chapter 24 230
- Chapter 25 238
- Chapter 26 250
- Chapter 27 266
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