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XXIII. The Ebb-Tide runs 151 XXIV. The Cruise of the Coracle 156 XXV. I strike the Jolly Roger 162 XXVI. Israel Hands 167 XXVII. "Pieces of Eight" 176 PART VI.—CAPTAIN SILVER XXVIII. In the Enemy’s Camp 185 XXIX. The Black Spot again 193 XXX. On Parole 200 XXXI. The Treasure Hunt—Flint’s Pointer 207 XXXII. The Treasure Hunt—The Voice among the Trees 214 XXXIII. The Fall of a Chieftain 220 XXXIV. And Last 226

WILL O’ THE MILL

    PAGE The Plain and the Stars 235 The Parson’s Marjory 244 Death 256

THE TREASURE OF FRANCHARD

CHAPTER     I. By the Dying Mountebank 267 II. Morning Talk 271 III. The Adoption 278 IV. The Education of a Philosopher 286 V. Treasure Trove 296 VI. A Criminal Investigation, in Two Parts 309 VII. The Fall of the House of Desprez 320 VIII. The Wages of Philosophy 329

TO

LLOYD OSBOURNE

AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN
IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHOSE CLASSIC TASTE
THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE HAS BEEN DESIGNED
IT IS NOW, IN RETURN FOR NUMEROUS DELIGHTFUL HOURS
AND WITH THE KINDEST WISHES, DEDICATED
BY HIS AFFECTIONATE FRIEND

THE AUTHOR

TO THE HESITATING PURCHASER

If sailor tales to sailor tunes, Storm and adventure, heat and cold, If schooners, islands, and maroons And Buccaneers and buried Gold, And all the old romance, retold Exactly in the ancient way, Can please, as me they pleased of old, The wiser youngsters of to-day: —So be it, and fall on! If not, If studious youth no longer crave, His ancient appetites forgot, Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave, Or Cooper of the wood and wave: So be it, also! And may I