Wolves of the Sea
Being a Tale of the Colonies
From the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman,
Narrating Certain Strange
Adventures Which Befell Him
Aboard the Pirate Craft
"Namur"
Author of "When Wilderness Was King," "The Last
Voyage of the Donna Isabel" "Beyond the
Frontier" "Contraband" etc.
FRONTISPIECE BY
FRANK E. SCHOONOVER
CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1918
CONTENTS
- Foreword
- I. Sent into Servitude
- II. The Prison Ship
- III. Dorothy Fairfax
- IV. The Shores of Virginia
- V. The Waters of the Chesapeake
- VI. Fairfax Speaks with Me
- VII. The Lieutenant Unmasked
- VIII. A Victory, and a Defeat
- IX. A Swim to the Namur
- X. On the Deck of the Namur
- XI. The Return of the Boat
- XII. A Friend in the Forecastle
- XIII. I Accept a Proposal
- XIV. I Warn Dorothy
- XV. The Cabin of the Namur
- XVI. In Dorothy's Stateroom
- XVII. A Murder on Board
- XVIII. A New Conspiracy
- XIX. Laying the Trap
- XX. The Deck Is Ours
- XXI. In Full Possession
- XXII. The Crew Decides
- XXIII. The Prisoners Escape
- XXIV. In Clasp of the Sea
- XXV. The Open Boat
- XXVI. A Floating Coffin
- XXVII. On Board the Slaver
- XXVIII. A New Plan of Escape
- XXIX. A Struggle in the Dark
- XXX. Opening the Treasure Chest
- XXXI. The Boat Attack
- XXXII. The Last of the Namur
- XXXIII. Before the Governor
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