"BOAT AHOY!" I CRIED OUT, AND THEN LEVELLED MY PISTOL AND FIRED.


THE ROSE OF PARADISE

Being a detailed account of certain adventures that

happened to Captain John Mackra, in connection

with the famous pirate, Edward England, in

the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna

in the Mozambique Channel; writ

by himself, and now for the

first time published

By HOWARD PYLE

AUTHOR OF

"PEPPER AND SALT" "THE WONDER CLOCK" ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

1888


Copyright, 1887, by Harper & Brothers.


All rights reserved.


TO

LEWIS C. VANDEGRIFT

This Book is Dedicated

BY HIS FRIEND

THE AUTHOR


ILLUSTRATIONS.

"Boat ahoy!" I cried out, and then levelled my pistol and fired[Frontispiece]
Mr. Longways looked up under his brown eyes at me with a very curious leerfaces[020]
"Captain Mackra," said he, coldly, "you were pleased to put upon me last night a gross and uncalled-for insult""[062]
So soon as they saw me they fell to screaming, and clung to one another"[100]
"I am Captain John Mackra" said I, and I sat down upon the gunwale of the boat"[132]
I rose slowly from my chair, and stood with my hand leaning upon the table"[172]
The three fellows were brought aft to the quarter-deck, where Captain Croker stood, just below the rail of the deck above"[186]
There, in the corner, I beheld the famous pirate, Captain Edward England"[212]