The Story of Jack Ballister's Fortunes / Being the narrative of the adventures of a young gentleman of good family, who was kidnapped in the year 1719 and carried to the plantations of the continent of Virginia, where he fell in with that famous pirate Captain Edward Teach, or Blackbeard; of his escape from the pirates and the rescue of a young lady from out their hands

Howard Pyle

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Title: The Story of Jack Ballister's Fortunes

Author: Howard Pyle

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“‘SPEAK UP, BOY, SPEAK UP,’ SAID THE GENTLEMAN.”
(SEE PAGE 90.)

THE STORY OF
JACK BALLISTER’S FORTUNES

HOWARD PYLE

BEING THE NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES
OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF GOOD FAMILY,
WHO WAS KIDNAPPED IN THE YEAR 1719
AND CARRIED TO THE PLANTATIONS OF THE
CONTINENT OF VIRGINIA, WHERE HE FELL
IN WITH THAT FAMOUS PIRATE CAPTAIN
EDWARD TEACH, OR BLACKBEARD: OF HIS
ESCAPE FROM THE PIRATES AND THE RESCUE
OF A YOUNG LADY FROM OUT THEIR HANDS

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1895

THE DE VINNE PRESS.

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E-text prepared by Giovanni Fini, David Edwards, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)

THE STORY OF JACK BALLISTER’S FORTUNES

E-text prepared by Giovanni Fini, David Edwards,
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
(http://www.pgdp.net)
from page images generously made available by
Internet Archive
(https://archive.org)

THE STORY OF
JACK BALLISTER’S FORTUNES