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TOM PAGDIN—PIRATE.


CONTENTS.

Chapter.Page.
I.—Pirates All[1]
II.—Under the Tamarind Tree[17]
III.—The Pirates’ First Cruise[32]
IV.—Waiting in the Dark[43]
V.—The Escape[52]
VI.—They Take an Oath[62]
VII.—Tom Conducts a Raid[73]
VIII.—George of the “Greenwich” Goes Fishing[88]
IX.—George Declines a Task[95]
X.—The Story of Jean Petit[106]
XI.—The Sea is Merciful[115]
XII.—Jean Petit Pays a Visit[122]
XIII.—Captured[128]
XIV.—The Genesis of a Love Story[134]
XV.—The Robbery is Discovered[142]
XVI.—An Inquest[153]
XVII.—The Rush for the Boat[164]
XVIII.—Tom Pagdin Goes Gunning[176]
XIX.—The Pirate’s Last Cruise[189]
XX.—The Ultimatum[200]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Pirate in Purgatory[Frontispiece]
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The Murder[56]
The Death of the German[124]
Trapped at Last[179]