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Copyright, 1900

The Bowen-Merrill Company

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In memory of my aunt, Mary T. W. Curwen, whose kindness and care for many years has been greater than my utmost gratitude and affection can express

Contents

I
The Flight from Paris[1]
II
The Maid at the Mariner’s Rest[13]
III
The Royal Lion[26]
IV
The Buccaneer’s Gift[41]
V
The Jacobite Coffee-House[54]
VI
An Interview with the Earl[69]
VII
Pierre’s Secret[80]
VIII
Lady Marmaduke[93]
IX
The Red Band at Drill[102]
X
My First Commission[111]
XI
The Escape from the Rattle-Watch[126]
XII
Van Volkenberg’s Window[135]
XIII
Van Volkenberg in Disgrace[144]
XIV
Plotting without the Earl[154]
XV
The Silver Buttons[171]
XVI
Fire and Sleete and Candle Light[181]
XVII
The Events of Next Day[196]
XVIII
Another Secret Burial[214]
XIX
I Meet the Patroon Again[233]
XX
The Skeleton in the Patroon’s Closet[251]
XXI
Meg’s Pleading[265]
XXII
A Fruitless Resolution[277]
XXIII
Van Volkenberg and the Earl[291]
XXIV
Captain William Kidd[305]
XXV
The Effect of Kidd’s Visit[315]
XXVI
The Great Secret[331]
XXVII
The Last of the Patroon[340]
XXVIII
Conclusion[357]

PATROON VAN VOLKENBERG