Transcriber’s Notes:
Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_).
Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end.
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SEA PLUNDER
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
THE GOLD TRAIL $1.30 net
THE PEARL FISHERS $1.30 net
POPPYLAND $2.00 net
THE NEW OPTIMISM $1.00 net
THE POEMS OF FRANÇOIS VILLON
TRANSLATED BY H. DE VERE STACPOOLE
BOARDS, $3.00 NET. HALF MOROCCO, $7.50 NET
JOHN LANE CO., NEW YORK
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SEA PLUNDER
BY H. DE VERE STACPOOLE
AUTHOR OF
“THE GOLD TRAIL,” “THE PEARL FISHERS,”
“THE PRESENTATION,” ETC.
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY
TORONTO: S. B. GUNDY: MCMXVII
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COPYRIGHT, 1916,
BY STREET & SMITH
COPYRIGHT, 1917,
BY JOHN LANE COMPANY
Press of
J. J. Little & Ives Co.
New York, U. S. A.
CONTENTS
PART I THE BUCCANEERS
CHAPTER PAGE
I THE CAPTAIN 9
II THE “PENGUIN” 27
III THE TOP SEAT AT THE TABLE 34
IV THE SAILING OF THE “PENGUIN” 42
V THE CABLE MESSAGE 52
VI THE CREW’S SHARE OF THE SPOILS 84
VII CHRISTOBAL 92
VIII SPRENGEL 99
IX THE “MINERVA” 115
X THE LAST OF THE “PENGUIN” 143