JAMES OTIS

Boston DANA ESTES & COMPANY PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1904

BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY

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CONTENTS I. THE ISLAND II. THE FIRST ASSAULT III. A DAY OF SUSPENSE IV. AN ATTACK V. FIRE VI. THE WRECK

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Friend or enemy? (See Chapter III.) Frontispiece "'Indians skulking on the harbor island!'" "The stout-hearted girl set about the task" "Susan stood guard at the gateway" "The children had improvised platforms" "Mark saw a canoe put off from the Harbor Island" "'You shall not have the smallest chicken inside this stockade!'" "'Look! Look! A vessel!'" "He returned with a heavy log" "'Do you refuse to surrender?'" "An instant later the entire party was in retreat" "Susan's arm was being rebandaged" "He reëntered the house with a bucket two-thirds full of muddy water" "Again the crash of thunder drowned all sounds" "The next knowledge was that the women were trying to nurse him back to life" "He gazed at the struggling wretches on the bottom of the wreck"