The pearl divers and Crusoes of the Sargasso Sea
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1. Front matter2. THE PEARL DIVERS3. BOOK I THE HERMIT OF THE OLD WINDMILL (A SUMMER IDYLL)4. CHAPTER I “WAS IT AN APPARITION?”5. CHAPTER II AT THE OLD WINDMILL6. CHAPTER III CAPTAIN ANTONIO’S GLASS EYE7. CHAPTER IV THE TRANSFORMATION SCENE8. CHAPTER V A WONDERFUL EVENING9. CHAPTER VI “THE TWILIGHT IS SAD AND CLOUDY, AND THE WIND BLOWS WILD AND FREE”10. CHAPTER VII “YES, YES,” SHE WEPT, “ON A FEARFUL NIGHT LIKE THIS THEY WERE ALL DROWNED”11. CHAPTER VIII AT THE MERCY OF THE WAVES12. CHAPTER IX “THE MORN WAS FAIR, THE SKY WAS CLEAR, NO BREATH CAME O’ER THE SEA”13. BOOK II PEARL FISHING IN CANNIBAL ISLES14. CHAPTER I THE STOWAWAY15. CHAPTER II AT SEA16. CHAPTER III WILD LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE17. CHAPTER IV STRANGE STORY OF A STOLEN DIAMOND18. CHAPTER V ASHORE ON A CANNIBAL ISLAND19. CHAPTER VI THE KOH-I-NOOR PEARL20. CHAPTER VII LEONA AND THE ISLANDERS21. CHAPTER VIII INVASION BY SAVAGES—FEARFUL FIGHTING22. CHAPTER IX A FLEET OF THE DEAD23. CHAPTER X AFLOAT ON SUMMER SEAS24. BOOK III ADRIFT ON AN ECHOLESS OCEAN25. CHAPTER I MUTINY AND DEATH26. CHAPTER II THE DOOM OF THE MUTINEERS27. CHAPTER III THE DREAD STILLNESS BROKEN BY A WAILING SHRIEK28. CHAPTER IV WHAT A WORLD OF LIFE WAS EVERYWHERE AROUND THEM29. CHAPTER V A LONG LOST DERELICT30. CHAPTER VI THE CRUNCHING NOISE ADDED TO THE HORROR OF THE SITUATION31. CHAPTER VII THE BALLOON HAD BURST IN MID AIR32. CHAPTER VIII STRANGE ADVENTURES—SECRETS OF THE SEA33. CHAPTER IX AT THE DERELICT AGAIN34. CHAPTER X “SAYS GRANNIE, ‘JOHNNIE,’ SHE SAYS, ‘YOU’RE GOIN’ HOME’”35. CHAPTER XI “WHERE CAN MEN DIE BETTER THAN IN FACING FEARFUL ODDS?”36. CHAPTER XII “NO HELP! NO HOPE! AND DAY AFTER DAY FLEW BY”37. CHAPTER XIII SO PASSED THE LONG, BRIGHT HOURS AWAY38. CHAPTER XIV BROTHER JOSÉ’S STORY, AND DAVIE DRAKE’S LITTLE JOKE