FOUR BELLS

A Tale of the Caribbean

BY

RALPH D. PAINE

Author of “The Call of the Offshore Wind”

“First Down, Kentucky!” “Roads of Adventure,” etc.

WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY

FRANK E. SCHOONOVER

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

The Riverside Press Cambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY STREET & SMITH CORPORATION

COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY RALPH D. PAINE

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Riverside Press

CAMBRIDGE • MASSACHUSETTS

PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.

CONTENTS
I.[The Voice of the Spanish Main]
II.[The Sea Dogs of Devon]
III.[A Great Galleon]
IV.[The Anger of Colonel Fajardo]
V.[Richard Cary Strolls Alone]
VI.[The Troubled Heart of Teresa]
VII.[The Man who Lied]
VIII.[Upon the City Wall]
IX.[The Good Hermit of La Popa]
X.[The Great Yellow Tiger]
XI.[Spanish Treasure!]
XII.[Ricardo Writes a Letter]
XIII.[The Master Takes Command]
XIV.[Shaking a Crew Together]
XV.[In the House of Mystery]
XVI.[Blind Roads of Destiny]
XVII.[Teresa, her Pilgrimage]
XVIII.[Rubio Sanchez Finds Friends]
XIX.[The Intruder from Ecuador]
XX.[Ricardo Plays it Alone]
XXI.[The Happiness of Papa Bazán]
XXII.[The Face of the Waters]
XXIII.[The Castaway]
XXIV.[A Tranquil Haven]

Four Bells: A Tale of the Caribbean