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Courage, True Hearts
Sailing in Search of Fortune
BY
GORDON STABLES
Author of "The Naval Cadet" "For Life and Liberty" "To Greenland and the Pole" &c.
"I've wandered east, I've wandered west,
Through many a weary way;
But never, never can forget
The love of life's young day."
BLACKIE & SON LIMITED
LONDON AND GLASGOW
The Peak Library
Books in this Series
Overdue. Harry Collingwood. The Dampier Boys. E. M. Green. The King's Knight. G. I. Whitham. Their London Cousins. Lady Middleton. The White Witch of Rosel. E. E. Cowper. Freda's Great Adventure. Alice Massie. Courage, True Hearts! Gordon Stables. Stephen goes to Sea. A. O. Cooke. Under the Chilian Flag. Harry Collingwood. The Islanders. Theodora Wilson Wilson. Margery finds Herself. Doris A. Pocock. Cousins in Camp. Theodora Wilson Wilson. Far the sake of his Chum. Walter C. Rhoades. An Ocean Outlaw. Hugh St. Leger. Boys of the Priory School. F. Coombe. Jane in Command. E. E. Cowper. Adventures of Two. May Wynne. The Secret of the Old House. E. Everett Green.
Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow
CONTENTS.
BOOK I.
IN SCOTTISH WILDS AND LONDON STREETS.
CHAP.
Hope told a Flattering Tale
Hurrah for "Merrie England"!
The Boys' Life in London
Wild Sports on Moorland and Ice
A Highland Blizzard--The Lost Sheep and Shepherd
"The breath of God was over all the land"
The Parting comes at last
BOOK II.
THE CRUISE OF THE FLORA M'VAYNE.
The Terrors of the Ocean
A Fearful Experience
Bound for Southern Seas of Ice
On the Wings of the Wind
Johnnie Shingles and Old Mr. Pen
"Back water all! For life, boys, for life!"
"Here's to the loved ones at home"
Captain Talbot spins a Yarn
Tongues of Lurid Fire--Blue, Green, and Deepest Crimson
So poor Conal must Perish!
Thus Hand in Hand the Brothers Sleep
Winter Life in an Antarctic Pack
A Chaos of Rolling and Dashing Ice
"Heave, and she goes! Hurrah!"
The Isles of Desolation
BOOK III.
IN THE LAND OF THE NUGGET AND DIAMOND.
Shipwreck on a Lonely Isle
A Weary Time
Children of the Sky
Treasure-hunters. The Forest
Fighting the Gorillas
An Invading Army--Victory!
The Mysterious Stone
The Battle at the Ford
The very Identical Bird
The Welcome Home
BOOK I
IN SCOTTISH WILDS AND LONDON STREETS