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XXVII.   In Plymouth XXVIII.   The Parlour of the "Blue Dolphin" XXIX.   The Widow's House XXX.   Ho! for the Spanish Main XXXI.   In the Bay of San Joseph XXXII.   A Glimpse of the Fabled City XXXIII.   Wandering in a Maze XXXIV.   Flood and Fever XXXV.   A Foe XXXVI.   The Attack on the Village XXXVII.   Council Fires in Two Places XXXVIII.   The Way back XXXIX.   John Oxenham's Creek XL.   A Haven of Peace XLI.   The Trap XLII.   Captives XLIII.   In Panama XLIV.   The Trial XLV.   For Faith and Country! XLVI.   The Galley Slaves XLVII.   Hernando speaks XLVIII.   The Revolt of the Slaves XLIX.   Eastward Ho! L.   Home LI.   The Forest again—and the Sea

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Cover art

Dolly stood near the fire, her face rosy with the heat . . Frontispiece

The odds were hopelessly against him.

SEA-DOGS ALL!

Chapter I.

THE MAN IN BLACK.

The river-path along the Severn shore at Gatcombe was almost knee-deep with turbid water, and only a post here and there showed where river ordinarily ended and firm land began. Fishers and foresters stood in the pelting rain and buffeting wind anxiously calculating what havoc the sudden summer storm might work, helpless themselves to put forth a hand to save anything from its fury. Stout doors and firm casements (both were needed in the river-side hamlet) bent with the fury of the sou'-wester that beat upon them. The tide roared up