{"product_id":"2940016106137","title":"Money Island","description":"CONTENTS:\u003cbr\u003e                                Page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Money Island                    5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The Conquest of Jamesby        51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: The Little Island Among the Marshes]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMONEY ISLAND.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of the buried treasure on Money Island, which lies in\u003cbr\u003eGreenville Sound, not far from Wilmington, North Carolina. It was told\u003cbr\u003eby Mr. Jonathan Landstone many years ago, and is a part of another story\u003cbr\u003ewhich follows, and which will explain something further about the\u003cbr\u003emysterious little island that blinks in the sunlight and tries to hide\u003cbr\u003eits secret. The words are Mr. Landstone's and were written by him, to\u003cbr\u003emake sure that the story would be told correctly when the time came to\u003cbr\u003epublish it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Mr. Landstone's MS.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy grandfather lived in Charleston, S.C. My home is in Philadelphia. In\u003cbr\u003emy boyhood I visited him several times. He was a fine old man, and was\u003cbr\u003every fond of me. He used to tell me many stories of the good old\u003cbr\u003ecolonial days. He said his father was a pirate; but that pirates in\u003cbr\u003ethose days were gentlemen. Although they made game of the King's revenue\u003cbr\u003eon the high seas, it was regarded as nothing very wrong; and, although\u003cbr\u003ethey played havoc with the Spanish shipping, it was but the assertion of\u003cbr\u003ea time-honored right of Englishmen, who never did love Spaniards. They\u003cbr\u003ewere, many of them, ingloriously hanged, it is true, but it was by the\u003cbr\u003eKing's officers, and not by the people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, not to defend pirates, or indeed to condemn them, I will tell\u003cbr\u003eyou what my grandfather narrated about his father, who was Capt. John\u003cbr\u003eRedfield. He was a gallant seaman, who consorted with Charles Vane and\u003cbr\u003eother doughty corsairs of those days of romance upon the seas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Captain Kidd forsook the King's commission to run down the pirates\u003cbr\u003eon the American coast, and organized his formidable squadron, Captain\u003cbr\u003eRedfield was chosen as his trusted counsellor, to accompany the\u003cbr\u003ebrilliant leader on his adventures. He gave up his own ship, and was\u003cbr\u003ewith Captain Kidd on many voyages, being entrusted with many a\u003cbr\u003ecommission of importance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne fine spring morning, while off the Carolina coast, Captain Kidd was\u003cbr\u003epacing his deck, enjoying the warm splendor of the early sunshine. He\u003cbr\u003ehad just returned from a successful voyage among the Spanish colonies of\u003cbr\u003ethe south, and was gaily attired after the manner of a Spanish cavalier.\u003cbr\u003eHe wore a cocked hat, decked with a yellow band and a black plume, and\u003cbr\u003ea coat of black velvet which reached down to his knees. His trousers\u003cbr\u003ewere blue, and were adorned by large golden knee-buckles. He wore\u003cbr\u003emassive silver buckles on his shoes. With his well-proportioned body,\u003cbr\u003eneatly trimmed beard, and steady, alert eyes, he presented as fine a\u003cbr\u003epicture of a man as could have anywhere been found. His manner had the\u003cbr\u003edignity and repose of a beneficent prince, as he gave his orders for the\u003cbr\u003eday and received the salutations of his men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ship had passed the Cape of Fear, and was making in towards the\u003cbr\u003eshore-line, which Captain Kidd was observing with great interest. Some\u003cbr\u003enear-by point was evidently the destination. At length, at his orders,\u003cbr\u003ethe sails were lowered and the anchor dropped. \"We will lie here\u003cbr\u003eto-day,\" he remarked, \"and have a little rest.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis information met the ready approbation of the men, who soon disposed\u003cbr\u003ethemselves in careless groups about the ship. They knew it would be a\u003cbr\u003eday of idleness; because there were no forays to be made upon the land,\u003cbr\u003efor the reason that there wore no human habitations in those parts. To\u003cbr\u003ethe buccaneers the locality was well known as furnishing a safe retreat\u003cbr\u003ewhen retirement from active work was desired.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the day there were singing, dancing, feasting. It was a day such\u003cbr\u003eas only a gallant corsair could have with his merry crew. The hours sped\u003cbr\u003eswiftly; and at dusk anchors were weighed, and the ship moved a few\u003cbr\u003emiles to the northward.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169858207984,"sku":"2940016106137","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016106137","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}