"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 leer | faces | [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] |