“She stood on a rock in the sunlight.”

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YOUNG
PEGGY McQUEEN

BY
GORDON STABLES, M.D., R.N.
With Original Illustrations
LONDON AND GLASGOW
COLLINS’ CLEAR-TYPE PRESS

CONTENTS.

BOOK I.
CHAPTER PAGE
[I.][ON A SWEET MAY MORNING][7]
[II.][THE MINSTRELS AT HOME][17]
[III.][A FOREST PLAY][30]
[IV.][SO ENDS THE PLAY][45]
[V.][A NYMPH OF THE WAVE][50]
[VI.][PEGGY’S HOME UPON WHEELS][63]
[VII.][PEGGY LITTLE KNEW WHAT WAS BEFORE HER][70]
[VIII.][“DARK LIKE A WINTER’S EVE”][78]
[IX.][BLOODHOUND ON THE TRAIL][90]
[X.][OH, FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL SUMMER!][107]
BOOK II.
[I.][POOR KAMMIE][120]
[II.][STORM AND WRECK][127]
[III.][WHEN THE WORST COMES TO THE WORST][134]
[IV.][ON THE CANNIBAL ISLE][146]
[V.][A BLOODLESS BATTLE.—LIFE ON THE ISLAND][156]
[VI.][WHITE WINGS UPON THE WAVES][166]
[VII.][SHE SAILED AWAY IN THE MIDDLE WATCH][175]