ILLUSTRATIONS.

“‘To the mast with him!’ said Martin Alonzo” Frontispiece.

“‘Think twice, did you say, Fray Antonio,’ asked the boy, ‘ere I set foot to the ground?’” Facing p. 8

“‘Tut!’ said the friar, taking Diego by the collar and leading him away” ” 18

“‘It is my cousin’s son, Diego? Good-day to thee, lad!’” ” 22

“‘He is very young to die,’ said a mocking voice” ” 32

“Then, like a flash, for he was a quick boy, Diego struck the other boy on the cheek” ” 34

“‘Now go forward where you belong’” ” 40

“‘Hush!’ whispered Juan, suddenly, ‘there is a noise in the cabin’” ” 58

“Martin Alonzo disappeared over the side” ” 66

“‘Thou art a true Pinzon, and I am proud of thee’” ” 88

“If I had told, you would have been hanged up there” ” 96

“‘I shall shoot the first man who tries to desert’” ” 106

“No two boys ever filled casks with such expedition as those two did” ” 110

“‘Hey, there! You two have had enough,’ said a man’s voice” ” 118

“‘Come, speak out, boy!’” ” 130

“All over the vessel could be seen those strong men weeping” ” 138

“The admiral was splendidly robed in a brilliant scarlet cloak over his rich and glittering armor, and held the royal standard in his own hand” ” 154

“Refreshing themselves with the fruits that were brought them by the natives” ” 156

“Jingled it before the eyes of the savage” ” 160

“‘Not barter for gold?’ cried Martin Alonzo” ” 164

“Diego dropping through the blackness of the night” ” 190

“He reached out and clutched at the floating thing” ” 194

“There they both sank down” ” 204

“‘Look!’ said Diego” ” 212

“The cleft proved to be a narrow, cave-like opening” ” 214

“Caught up some of the torches and advanced in a body” ” 220

“Of course the knife cut his fingers” ” 232

“For three nights they floated down the stream” ” 244

“Diego went with Juan to see the man unchained” ” 252

“Diego relates his adventures to the convent boys” ” 258

DIEGO PINZON.