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"BOAT AHOY!" I CRIED OUT, AND THEN LEVELLED MY PISTOL AND FIRED.
THE ROSE OF PARADISE
Being a detailed account of certain adventures that
happened to Captain John Mackra, in connection
with the famous pirate, Edward England, in
the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna
in the Mozambique Channel; writ
by himself, and now for the
first time published
By HOWARD PYLE
AUTHOR OF
"PEPPER AND SALT" "THE WONDER CLOCK" ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
1888
Copyright, 1887, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
TO
LEWIS C. VANDEGRIFT
This Book is Dedicated
BY HIS FRIEND
THE AUTHOR