CONTENTS
PROLOGUE.
IN THE MARQUESAS.
THE YARN.
CHAPTER I A SOUND COMMERCIAL EDUCATION
CHAPTER II ROUSSILLON WINE
CHAPTER III TO INTRODUCE MR. PINKERTON
CHAPTER IV IN WHICH I EXPERIENCE EXTREMES OF FORTUNE
CHAPTER V IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS
CHAPTER VI IN WHICH I GO WEST
CHAPTER VII IRONS IN THE FIRE
CHAPTER VIII FACES ON THE CITY FRONT
CHAPTER IX THE WRECK OF THE “FLYING SCUD.
CHAPTER X IN WHICH THE CREW VANISH
CHAPTER XI IN WHICH JIM AND I TAKE DIFFERENT WAYS
CHAPTER XII THE “NORAH CREINA.
CHAPTER XIII THE ISLAND AND THE WRECK
CHAPTER XIV THE CABIN OF THE “FLYING SCUD"
CHAPTER XV THE CARGO OF THE “FLYING SCUD"
CHAPTER XVI IN WHICH I TURN SMUGGLER, AND THE CAPTAIN CASUIS
CHAPTER XVII LIGHT FROM THE MAN OF WAR
CHAPTER XVIII CROSS-QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS
CHAPTER XIX TRAVELS WITH A SHYSTER
CHAPTER XX STALLBRIDGE-LE-CARTHEW
CHAPTER XXI FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER XXII THE REMITTANCE MAN
CHAPTER XXIII THE BUDGET OF THE “CURRENCY LASS"
CHAPTER XXIV A HARD BARGAIN
CHAPTER XXV A BAD BARGAIN
EPILOGUE
It was about three o'clock of a winter's afternoon in Tai-o-hae, the French capital and port of entry of the Marquesas Islands. The trades blew strong and squally; the surf roared loud on the shingle beach; and the fifty-ton schooner of war, that carries the flag and influence of France about the islands of the cannibal group, rolled at her moorings under Prison Hill. The clouds hung low and black on the surrounding amphitheatre