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Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific

By R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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GASCOYNE,
THE SANDAL-WOOD TRADER
- A TALE OF THE PACIFIC.
  - Author of "Erling the Bold," "The Red Eric," "Deep Down," etc.
- Author of "Erling the Bold," "The Red Eric," "Deep Down," etc.
CONTENTS.
GASCOYNE,
- THE SANDAL-WOOD TRADER.
CHAPTER I.
- THE SCHOONER.
CHAPTER II.
- BUMPUS IS FIERY AND PHILOSOPHICAL—MURDEROUS DESIGNS FRUSTRATED.
CHAPTER III.
- A BOUGH WALK ENLIVENED BY RAMBLING TALK—BUMPUS IS "AGREEABLE."
CHAPTER IV.
- THE MISSIONARY—SUSPICIONS, SURPRISES, AND SURMISES.
CHAPTER V.
- THE PASTOR'S HOUSEHOLD—PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.
CHAPTER VI.
- SUSPICIONS ALLAYED AND REAWAKENED.
CHAPTER VII.
- MASTER CORRIE CAUGHT NAPPING—SNAKES IN THE GRASS.
CHAPTER VIII.
- A SURPRISE—A BATTLE AND A FIRE.
CHAPTER IX.
- BAFFLED AND PERPLEXED—PLANS FOR A RESCUE.
CHAPTER X.
- THE PURSUIT—POOPY, LED ON BY LOVE AND HATE, RUSHES TO THE RESCUE.
CHAPTER XI.
- A GHOST—A TERRIBLE COMBAT ENDING IN A DREADFUL PLUNGE.
CHAPTER XII.
- DANGEROUS NAVIGATION AND DOUBTFUL PILOTAGE—MONTAGUE IS HOT, GASCOYNE SARCASTIC.
CHAPTER XIII.
- DOINGS ON BOARD THE "FOAM."
CHAPTER XIV.
- GREATER MYSTERIES THAN EVER—A BOLD MOVE AND A NARROW ESCAPE.
CHAPTER XV.
- REMARKABLE DOINGS OF POOPY—EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF RESUSCITATION.
CHAPTER XVI.
- A WILD CHASE—HOPE, DISAPPOINTMENT, AND DESPAIR—THE SANDAL-WOOD TRADER OUTWITS THE MAN-OF-WAR.
CHAPTER XVII.
- THE ESCAPE.
CHAPTER XVIII.
- THE GOAT'S PASS—AN ATTACK, A BLOODLESS VICTORY, AND A SERMON.
CHAPTER XIX.
- SORROW AND SYMPATHY—THE WIDOW BECOMES A PLEADER AND HER SON ENGAGES IN A SINGLE COMBAT.
CHAPTER XX.
- MYSTERIOUS CONSULTATIONS AND PLANS—GASCOYNE ASTONISHES HIS FRIENDS, AND MAKES AN UNEXPECTED CONFESSION.
CHAPTER XXI.
- A TERRIBLE DOOM FOR AN INNOCENT MAN.
CHAPTER XXII.
- THE RENDEZVOUS—AN EPISODE—PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES—OTHER MATTERS.
CHAPTER XXIII.
- PLANS PARTIALLY CARRIED OUT—THE CUTTER'S FATE—AND A SERIOUS MISFORTUNE.
CHAPTER XXIV.
- AN UNEXPECTED MEETING—DOINGS ON THE ISLE OF PALMS—GASCOYNE'S DESPAIR.
CHAPTER XXV.
- SURLY DICK THE RESCUE.
CHAPTER XXVI.
- THE CAPTURE AND THE FIRE.
CHAPTER XXVII.
- PLEADING FOR LIFE.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
- A PECULIAR CONFIDANT—MORE DIFFICULTIES, AND VARIOUS PLANS TO OVERCOME THEM.
CHAPTER XXIX.
- BUMPUS IS PERPLEXED—MYSTERIOUS COMMUNINGS, AND A CURIOUS LEAVE-TAKING.
CHAPTER XXX.
- MORE LEAVING—DEEP DESIGNS—BUMPUS IN A NEW CAPACITY.
CHAPTER XXXI.
- THE AMBUSH—THE ESCAPE—RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE—AND CONCLUSION.
  - THE END.
- THE END.
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