About: Stolen Treasure by Howard Pyle
STOLEN TREASURE
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STOLEN TREASURE
BY
HOWARD PYLE
Author of "Men of Iron" "Twilight Land" "The Wonder Clock" "Pepper andSalt"
ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR
MCMVII
CONTENTS
I. WITH THE BUCCANEERS
II. TOM CHIST AND THE TREASURE BOX
III. THE GHOST OF CAPTAIN BRAND
IV. THE DEVIL AT NEW HOPE
ILLUSTRATIONS
"'I'VE KEPT MY EARS OPEN TO ALL YOUR DOINGS'"
"THIS FIGURE OF WAR OUR HERO ASKED TO STEP ASIDE WITH HIM"
"OUR HERO, LEAPING TO THE WHEEL, SEIZED THE FLYING SPOKES"
"SHE AND MASTER HARRY WOULD SPEND HOURS TOGETHER"
"'... AND TWENTY ONE AND TWENTY TWO'"
"''TIS ENOUGH,'CRIED OUT PARSON JONES,'TO MAKE US BOTH RICH MEN'"
"CAPTAIN MALYOE SHOT CAPTAIN BRAND THROUGH THE HEAD"
"HE WOULD SHOUT OPPROBRIOUS WORDS AFTER THE OTHER IN THE STREETS"
STOLEN TREASURE
I. WITH THE BUCCANEERS
_Being an Account of Certain Adventures that Befell Henry Mostyn underCaptain H. Morgan in the Year 1665 66._
I
Although this narration has more particularly to do with the taking ofthe Spanish Vice Admiral in the harbor of Puerto Bello, and of therescue therefrom of Le Sieur Simon, his wife and daughter (theadventure of which was successfully achieved by Captain Morgan, thefamous buccaneer), we shall, nevertheless, premise something of theearlier history of Master Harry Mostyn, whom you may, if you please,consider as the hero of the several circumstances recounted in thesepages.
In the year 1664 our hero's father embarked from Portsmouth, inEngland, for the Barbadoes, where he owned a considerable sugarplantation. Thither to those parts of America he transported withhimself his whole family, of whom our Master Harry was the fifth ofeight children a great lusty fellow as little fitted for the Church(for which he was designed) as could be. At the time of this story,though not above sixteen years old, Master Harry Mostyn was as big andwell grown as many a man of twenty, and of such a reckless anddare devil spirit that no adventure was too dangerous or too mischievousfor him to embark upon.
At this time there was a deal of talk in those parts of the Americasconcerning Captain Morgan, and the prodigious successes he was havingpirating against the Spaniards.
This man had once been an indentured servant with Mr. Rolls, a sugarfactor at the Barbadoes. Having served out his time, and being oflawless disposition, possessing also a prodigious appetite foradventure, he joined with others of his kidney, and, purchasing acaraval of three guns, embarked fairly upon that career of piracy themost successful that ever was heard of in the world.
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