A Story of the Stirring Times of Old

BY
DR. GORDON-STABLES, R.N.,
Author of “Hearts of Oak,” &c.

T. NELSON AND SONS
London, Edinburgh, and New York
1894

CONTENTS.

[I.]	POOR JACK,	9
[II.]	“HE NEVER SAID HE LOVED ME,”	20
[III.]	AN INTERRUPTED PROPOSAL,	27
[IV.]	THE BATTLE AND THE BREEZE,	33
[V.]	“NOW THIS GOOD BLADE SHALL BE MY BRIDE,”	43
[VI.]	A BOLT FROM THE BLUE,	54
[VII.]	“WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST,”	61
[VIII.]	ON BOARD THE SAUCY “TONNERAIRE,”	70
[IX.]	“A SPLENDID NIGHT’S WORK, TOM!”	78
[X.]	IN THE MOON’S BRIGHT WAKE,	87
[XI.]	THE PHANTOM FRENCHMAN,	94
[XII.]	A BATTLE BY NIGHT,	103
[XIII.]	A HAPPY SHIP,	111
[XIV.]	MUTINY,	123
[XV.]	BEFORE CADIZ,	129
[XVI.]	JACK AND THE MUTINEERS,	138
[XVII.]	IN A FOOL’S PARADISE,	145
[XVIII.]	“WOULD HE EVER COME AGAIN?”	152
[XIX.]	THE BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN,	162
[XX.]	NELSON AND THE NILE,	171
[XXI.]	WILLIE DIED A HERO’S DEATH,	180
[XXII.]	STILL WATERS RUN DEEP,	189
[XXIII.]	“IT’S ALL UP, MR. RICHARDS, IT’S ALL UP!”	197
[XXIV.]	BY THE OLD DIAL-STONE,	206