Flight of Both--Difference between a tame Donkey and a wild
Ass.--Carried off to the Mountains.--The headlong Course.--The
Mountain Pass.--The Journey's End.--Ill-omened Place.--Confounded
by a new Terror.--The Brigands.

CHAPTER VII.

The Lurking-place of the Brigands.--The captive Boy.--The hideous
Household.--The horrible old Hag.--The slattern Woman.--The dirty
Children.--The old Crone and the evil Eye.--Despondency of Bob.
--Is Escape possible?--Night.--Imprisoned.--The Bed of Straw.
--Outlook into the Night from the Prison Windows.

CHAPTER VIII.

The worn-out Captive.--Light Slumbers.--Fearful Wakening.--The
stealthy Step.--The overmastering Horror.--The lone Boy confronted
by his Enemy.--The hungry Eyes.--Is it real, or a Nightmare?--The
supreme Moment.

CHAPTER IX.

The Cavalcade in Pursuit--Hopes and Fears.--Theories about the lost
Boy.--A new Turn to Affairs.--Explanations.--On to
Salerno.--Inquiries.--Baffled.--Fresh Consternation and
Despondency.--The last Hope.

CHAPTER X.

The captive Boy and his grisly Visitant--The Hand on his
Head.-Denouement.--The Brigand Family.--The old Crone.--The Robber
Wife.--The Brigand Children.--A Revolution of Feeling.--The main
Road.--The Carriage.--In Search of Bob.

CHAPTER XI.

The Return.--The tender Adieus.--Back to Salerno.--On to
Castellamare.--A pleasant Scene.--An unpleasant Discovery.--David
among the Missing.--Woes of Uncle Moses.--Deliberations over the
Situation.--Various Theories.--The Vengeance of the Enemy.--Back
to Sorrento in Search of the lost One.

CHAPTER XII.

The Waking of David.--A glorious Scene.--A Temptation.--David
embarks upon the wide, wide Sea.--Youth at the Prow and Pleasure
at the Helm.--A daring Navigator.--A baffled and confounded
Navigator.--Lost! Lost! Lost!--Despair of David.--At the Mercy
of Wind and Sea.--The Isle of the Brigands.--The Brigand Chief.

CHAPTER XIII.

David captured.--The big, bluff, burly, brusque, bearded,
broad-shouldered, beetle-browed Bully of a Brigand.--A terrific
Inquisition.--David's Plea for Mercy.--The hard-hearted Captor and
the trembling Captive.--A direful Threat--David carried off helpless
and despairing.--The Robber's Hold.

CHAPTER XIV.

On the Way to Sorrento again.--A mournful Ride.--A despairing
Search.--A fearful Discovery.--The old Virago again.--In a
Trap.--Sorrento aroused.--Besieged.--All lost--A raging Crowd.--The
howling Hag.--Harried Consultation.--The last forlor