For half a minute or so it rocked and swayed against the sky-line.HIGHWAY PIRATESOR, THE SECRET PLACE AT COVERTHORNEByHAROLD AVERYTHOMAS NELSON AND SONS, LTD.LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK1920CONTENTS.I. [A Day of Trouble]II. [The Knocking on the Wall]III. [Men in Hiding]IV. [The Singing Ghost]V. [Nicholas Coverthorne Shows his Hand]VI. [A Mad Prank]VII. [Tried and Sentenced]VIII. [My Journey Begins]IX. [The Rising]X. [Highway Pirates]XI. [The Last of the "True Blue"]XII. [Within the Cavern]XIII. [The Brandy Kegs]XIV. [Abandoned]XV. [In Desperate Straits]XVI. [The Subterranean Tunnel]XVII. [Daylight at Last]XVIII. [A Further Find]XIX. [Brought to Bay]