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.