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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                      