Front matter

“She stood on a rock in the sunlight.”

Page 55.

YOUNG PEGGY McQUEEN

BY GORDON STABLES, M.D., R.N. With Original Illustrations LONDON AND GLASGOW COLLINS’ CLEAR-TYPE PRESS

CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.ON A SWEET MAY MORNING7

II.THE MINSTRELS AT HOME17

III.A FOREST PLAY30

IV.SO ENDS THE PLAY45

V.A NYMPH OF THE WAVE50

VI.PEGGY’S HOME UPON WHEELS63

VII.PEGGY LITTLE KNEW WHAT WAS BEFORE HER70

VIII.“DARK LIKE A WINTER’S EVE”78

IX.BLOODHOUND ON THE TRAIL90

X.OH, FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL SUMMER!107

BOOK II.

I.POOR KAMMIE120

II.STORM AND WRECK127

III.WHEN THE WORST COMES TO THE WORST134

IV.ON THE CANNIBAL ISLE146

V.A BLOODLESS BATTLE.—LIFE ON THE ISLAND156

VI.WHITE WINGS UPON THE WAVES166

VII.SHE SAILED AWAY IN THE MIDDLE WATCH175

Young Peggy McQueen.