SCARFIELD 187

VIII. THE RUBY OF KISHMOOR 210

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ILLUSTRATIONS

AN ATTACK ON A GALLEON _Frontispiece_

ON THE TOTUGAS _Facing p._ 6

CAPTURE OF THE GALLEON " 10

HENRY MORGAN RECRUITING FOR THE ATTACK " 14

MORGAN AT PORTO BELLO " 16

THE SACKING OF PANAMA " 20

MAROONED " 26

BLACKBEARD BURIES HIS TREASURE " 32

WALKING THE PLANK " 36

"CAPTAIN MALYOE SHOT CAPTAIN BRAND THROUGH THE HEAD" " 40

"SHE WOULD SIT QUITE STILL, PERMITTING BARNABY TO GAZE" " 68

BURIED TREASURE " 76

KIDD ON THE DECK OF THE "ADVENTURE GALLEY" " 85

BURNING THE SHIP " 92

WHO SHALL BE CAPTAIN? " 104

KIDD AT GARDINER'S ISLAND " 108

EXTORTING TRIBUTE FROM THE CITIZENS " 116

"PIRATES USED TO DO THAT TO THEIR CAPTAINS NOW AND THEN" " 124

"JACK FOLLOWED THE CAPTAIN AND THE YOUNG LADY UP THE
CROOKED PATH TO THE HOUSE" " 132

"HE LED JACK UP TO A MAN WHO SAT UPON A BARREL" " 136

"THE BULLETS WERE HUMMING AND SINGING, CLIPPING ALONG THE
TOP OF THE WATER" " 142

"THE COMBATANTS CUT AND SLASHED WITH SAVAGE FURY" " 146

SO THE TREASURE WAS DIVIDED " 154

COLONEL RHETT AND THE PIRATE " 162

THE PIRATE'S CHRISTMAS " 174

"HE LAY SILENT AND STILL, WITH HIS FACE HALF BURIED IN
THE SAND" " 182

"THERE CAP'N GOLDSACK GOES, CREEPING, CREEPING, CREEPING,
LOOKING FOR HIS TREASURE DOWN BELOW!" " 186

"HE HAD FOUND THE CAPTAIN AGREEABLE AND COMPANIONABLE"