AS WE
SWEEP THROUGH
THE DEEP
A Story of the Stirring Times of Old
BY
DR. GORDON-STABLES, R.N.,
Author of “Hearts of Oak,” &c.
T. NELSON AND SONS
London, Edinburgh, and New York
1894
CONTENTS.
| [I.] | POOR JACK, | 9 |
| [II.] | “HE NEVER SAID HE LOVED ME,” | 20 |
| [III.] | AN INTERRUPTED PROPOSAL, | 27 |
| [IV.] | THE BATTLE AND THE BREEZE, | 33 |
| [V.] | “NOW THIS GOOD BLADE SHALL BE MY BRIDE,” | 43 |
| [VI.] | A BOLT FROM THE BLUE, | 54 |
| [VII.] | “WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST,” | 61 |
| [VIII.] | ON BOARD THE SAUCY “TONNERAIRE,” | 70 |
| [IX.] | “A SPLENDID NIGHT’S WORK, TOM!” | 78 |
| [X.] | IN THE MOON’S BRIGHT WAKE, | 87 |
| [XI.] | THE PHANTOM FRENCHMAN, | 94 |
| [XII.] | A BATTLE BY NIGHT, | 103 |
| [XIII.] | A HAPPY SHIP, | 111 |
| [XIV.] | MUTINY, | 123 |
| [XV.] | BEFORE CADIZ, | 129 |
| [XVI.] | JACK AND THE MUTINEERS, | 138 |
| [XVII.] | IN A FOOL’S PARADISE, | 145 |
| [XVIII.] | “WOULD HE EVER COME AGAIN?” | 152 |
| [XIX.] | THE BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN, | 162 |
| [XX.] | NELSON AND THE NILE, | 171 |
| [XXI.] | WILLIE DIED A HERO’S DEATH, | 180 |
| [XXII.] | STILL WATERS RUN DEEP, | 189 |
| [XXIII.] | “IT’S ALL UP, MR. RICHARDS, IT’S ALL UP!” | 197 |
| [XXIV.] | BY THE OLD DIAL-STONE, | 206 |