LATITUDE 19°

A ROMANCE OF THE WEST
INDIES IN THE YEAR OF
OUR LORD EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
AND TWENTY

Being a faithful account and true, of the painful adventures of the Skipper, the Bo's'n, the Smith, the Mate, and Cynthia

By Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
Author of Where the Trade Winds Blow

ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE GIBBS

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1898

Copyright, 1898,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

All rights reserved.

To
C. S. C.

CONTENTS.

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  I.—Our involuntary landing 5
  II.—Our first view of the natives 29
  III.—We change our camp, and Cynthia discovers a disturbing element 45
  IV.—The skipper makes a prayer 68
  V.—A mysterious flight 84
  VI.—The pirates return 99
  VII.—A villain meets his end and a prisoner escapes 125
  VIII.—A living death 143
  IX.—I am rescued 159
  X.—The Minion points a moral, although he does not adorn a tale 169
  XI.—The Bo's'n hides the treasure 189
  XII.—The Skipper again enacts the rôle of chaplain 204
  XIII.—I commit the error of my life 222
  XIV.—We start out to lay a snare and fall into a trap 240
  XV.—We meet some strange acquaintances, are made prisoners, and lose our only means of rescue 259
  XVI.—The goat without horns 277
  XVII.—I meet an old friend and lose my all 297
  XVIII.—We find a new abode, and Zalee departs to seek succour 308
  XIX.—We meet for the second time with "le bruit du gouffre," and i take another journey 325
  XX.—I meet with the terrible black king, and voluntarily assume a task to regain my liberty 345
  XXI.—I offend the King's foster brother, and am forced to take the consequences 368
  XXII.—We engage in battle, murder, sudden death, and—freedom 393
  

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