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Title: Black Bartlemy's Treasure

Author: Jeffrey Farnol

Posting Date: March 23, 2009 [EBook #2424]
Release Date: December, 2000

Language: English

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BLACK BARTLEMY'S TREASURE

BY

JEFFREY FARNOL

TO MY NEPHEWS

JAMES JEFFREY FARNOL

AND

RONALD EWART OAKESHOTT

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE
I OF WHAT BEFELL ON PEMBURY HILL
II HOW I HEARD A SONG IN THE WOOD AT MIDNIGHT
III TELLS HOW I STOLE MY BREAKFAST
IV TELLETH HOW I MET ONE ADAM PENFEATHER
V HOW I CAME TO CONISBY SHENE
VI OF MY SHAMEFUL SUFFERINGS AND HOW I WAS DELIVERED THEREFROM
VII HOW I HEARD TELL OF BLACK BARTLEMY'S TREASURE
VIII HOW I FELL IN WITH ONE GOD-BE-HERE, A PEDDLER
IX HOW I HAD WORD WITH THE LADY JOAN BRANDON FOR THE THIRD TIME
X HOW I SWORE TO THE BLOOD-BROTHERHOOD
XI ADAM PENFEATHER, HIS NARRATIVE
XII TELLETH OF A FIGHT IN THE DARK
XIII WE SET OUT FOR DEPTFORD POOL
XIV HOW I CAME ABOARD THE "FAITHFUL FRIEND"
XV TELLETH OF A NAMELESS BLACK SHIP
XVI TELLS HOW WE WERE DOGGED BY THE BLACK SHIP
XVII TELLETH HOW AN EYE WATCHED ME FROM THE DARK
XVIII CONCERNING THE MARK OF A BLOODY HAND AND HOW I LAY IN THE
BILBOES ON SUSPICION OF MURDER
XIX CONCERNING THE PRINCESS DAMARIS
XX HOW I CAME OUT OF MY BONDS AND OF THE TERRORS OF A FIRE AT SEA
XXI TELLETH HOW THE SAID FIRE CAME ABOUT
XXII TELLETH HOW WE WERE CAST ADRIFT
XXIII DIVERS PERILS AND DANGERS AT SEA
XXIV HOW WE CAME TO BLACK BARTLEMY'S ISLAND
XXV HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY
XXVI WE COME UPON GRIM EVIDENCES OF ADAM PENFEATHER
XXVII DIVERS ADVENTURES ON THE ISLAND
XXVIII I BECOME A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES
XXIX OF MY ENCOUNTER BENEATH BARTLEMY'S TREE
XXX OF MY SICK HUMOURS
XXXI I TRY MY HAND AT POTTERY
XXXII TELLS HOW I FOUND A SECRET CAVE
XXXIII WE