ILLUSTRATIONS.
| “‘To the mast with him!’ said Martin Alonzo” | [Frontispiece.] | |
| “‘Think twice, did you say, Fray Antonio,’asked the boy, ‘ere I set foot tothe ground?’” | Facing p. | [8] |
| “‘Tut!’ said the friar, taking Diego bythe collar and leading him away” | ” | [18] |
| “‘It is my cousin’s son, Diego? Good-dayto thee, lad!’” | ” | [22] |
| “‘He is very young to die,’ said a mockingvoice” | ” | [32] |
| “Then, like a flash, for he was a quickboy, Diego struck the other boy onthe cheek” | ” | [34] |
| “‘Now go forward where you belong’” | ” | [40] |
| “‘Hush!’ whispered Juan, suddenly,‘there is a noise in the cabin’” | ” | [58] |
| “Martin Alonzo disappeared over theside” | ” | [66] |
| “‘Thou art a true Pinzon, and I am proudof thee’” | ” | [88] |
| “If I had told, you would have beenhanged up there” | ” | [96] |
| “‘I shall shoot the first man who triesto desert’” | ” | [106] |
| “No two boys ever filled casks with suchexpedition as those two did” | ” | [110] |
| “‘Hey, there! You two have had enough,’said a man’s voice” | ” | [118] |
| “‘Come, speak out, boy!’” | ” | [130] |
| “All over the vessel could be seen thosestrong men weeping” | ” | [138] |
| “The admiral was splendidly robed in abrilliant scarlet cloak over his richand glittering armor, and held theroyal standard in his own hand” | ” | [154] |
| “Refreshing themselves with the fruitsthat were brought them by the natives” | ” | [156] |
| “Jingled it before the eyes of the savage” | ” | [160] |
| “‘Not barter for gold?’ cried MartinAlonzo” | ” | [164] |
| “Diego dropping through the blacknessof the night” | ” | [190] |
| “He reached out and clutched at thefloating thing” | ” | [194] |
| “There they both sank down” | ” | [204] |
| “‘Look!’ said Diego” | ” | [212] |
| “The cleft proved to be a narrow, cave-likeopening” | ” | [214] |
| “Caught up some of the torches and advancedin a body” | ” | [220] |
| “Of course the knife cut his fingers” | ” | [232] |
| “For three nights they floated downthe stream” | ” | [244] |
| “Diego went with Juan to see the manunchained” | ” | [252] |
| “Diego relates his adventures to the conventboys” | ” | [258] |
DIEGO PINZON.