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DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
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CONTENTS
Chapter I Love on the Ocean
Chapter II The Mysterious Cargo
Chapter III To the Water's Edge
Chapter IV The Silent Sea
Chapter V My Reward
Chapter VI The Sole Survivor
Chapter V I Find a Friend
Chapter VI A Small Precaution
Chapter VII My Convalescent Home
Chapter VIII Wine and Weakness
Chapter IX I Live Again
Chapter X My Lady's Bidding
Chapter XI The Longest Day of My Life
Chapter XII In the Garden
Chapter XIII First Blood
Chapter XIV A Deadlock
Chapter XV When Thieves Fall Out
Chapter XVI A Man of Many Murders
Chapter XVII My Great Hour
Chapter XVIII The Statement of Francis Rattray
CHAPTER I. LOVE ON THE OCEAN
Nothing is so easy as falling in love on a long sea voyage, except
falling out of love. Especially was this the case in the days when the
wooden clippers did finely to land you in Sydney or in Melbourne under
the four full months. We all saw far too much of each other, unless,
indeed, we were to see still more. Our superficial attractions mutually
exhausted, we lost heart and patience in the disappointing strata
which lie between the surface and the bed-rock of most natures. My own
experience was confined to the round voyage of the Lady Jermyn, in the
year 1853. It was no common experience, as was only too well known
at the time. And I may add that I for my part had not the faintest
intention of falling in love on board; nay, after all these years,
let me confess that I had good cause to hold myself proof against such
weakness. Yet we carried a young lady, coming home, who, God knows,
might have made short work of many a better man!
Chapter I Love on the Ocean
Chapter II The Mysterious Cargo
Chapter III To the Water's Edge
Chapter IV The Silent Sea
Chapter V My Reward
Chapter VI The Sole Survivor
Chapter V I Find a Friend
Chapter VI A Small Precaution
Chapter VII My Convalescent Home
Chapter VIII Wine and Weakness
Chapter IX I Live Again
Chapter X My Lady's Bidding
Chapter XI The Longest Day of My Life
Chapter XII In the Garden
Chapter XIII First Blood
Chapter XIV A Deadlock
Chapter XV When Thieves Fall Out
Chapter XVI A Man of Many Murders
Chapter XVII My Great Hour
Chapter XVIII The Statement of Francis Rattray
CHAPTER I. LOVE ON THE OCEAN
Nothing is so easy as falling in love on a long sea voyage, except
falling out of love. Especially was this the case in the days when the
wooden clippers did finely to land you in Sydney or in Melbourne under
the four full months. We all saw far too much of each other, unless,
indeed, we were to see still more. Our superficial attractions mutually
exhausted, we lost heart and patience in the disappointing strata
which lie between the surface and the bed-rock of most natures. My own
experience was confined to the round voyage of the Lady Jermyn, in the
year 1853. It was no common experience, as was only too well known
at the time. And I may add that I for my part had not the faintest
intention of falling in love on board; nay, after all these years,
let me confess that I had good cause to hold myself proof against such
weakness. Yet we carried a young lady, coming home, who, God knows,
might have made short work of many a better man!
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