CHAPTER I HOPE TOLD A FLATTERING TALE
CHAPTER II. HURRAH FOR "MERRIE ENGLAND"!
CHAPTER III. THE BOYS' LIFE IN LONDON.
CHAPTER IV. WILD SPORTS ON MOORLAND AND ICE.
CHAPTER V. A HIGHLAND BLIZZARD THE LOST SHEEP AND SHEPHERD.
CHAPTER VI. "THE BREATH OF GOD WAS OVER ALL THE LAND."
CHAPTER VII. THE PARTING COMES AT LAST.
CHAPTER I. THE TERRORS OF THE OCEAN.
CHAPTER II. A FEARFUL EXPERIENCE.
CHAPTER III. BOUND FOR SOUTHERN SEAS OF ICE.
CHAPTER IV. ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND.
CHAPTER V. JOHNNIE SHINGLES AND OLD MR. PEN.
CHAPTER VI. "BACK WATER ALL! FOR LIFE, BOYS, FOR LIFE!"
CHAPTER VII. "HERE'S TO THE LOVED ONES AT HOME."
CHAPTER VIII. CAPTAIN TALBOT SPINS A YARN.
CHAPTER IX. TONGUES OF LURID FIRE, BLUE, GREEN, AND DEEPEST CRIMSON.
CHAPTER X. SO POOR CONAL MUST PERISH!
CHAPTER XI. THUS HAND IN HAND THE BROTHERS SLEEP.
CHAPTER XII. WINTER LIFE IN AN ANTARCTIC PACK.
CHAPTER XIII. A CHAOS OF ROLLING AND DASHING ICE.
CHAPTER XIV. "HEAVE, AND SHE GOES! HURRAH!"
CHAPTER XV. THE ISLES OF DESOLATION.
CHAPTER I. SHIPWRECK ON A LONELY ISLE.
CHAPTER II. A WEARY TIME.
CHAPTER III. CHILDREN OF THE SKY.
CHAPTER IV. TREASURE-HUNTERS. THE FOREST.
CHAPTER V. FIGHTING THE GORILLAS.
CHAPTER VI. AN INVADING ARMY VICTORY!
CHAPTER VII. THE MYSTERIOUS STONE.
CHAPTER VIII. THE BATTLE AT THE FORD.
CHAPTER IX. THE VERY IDENTICAL BIRD.
CHAPTER X. THE WELCOME HOME.
Courage, True Hearts
Sailing in Search of Fortune
BY
GORDON STABLES
Author of "The Naval Cadet" "For Life and Liberty"
"To Greenland and the Pole" &c.
"I've wandered east, I've wandered west,
Through many a weary way;
But never, never can forget
The love of life's young day."
BLACKIE & SON LIMITED
LONDON AND GLASGOW
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Books in this Series
Overdue. Harry Collingwood.
The Dampier Boys. E. M. Green.
The King's Knight. G. I. Whitham.
Their London Cousins. Lady Middleton.
The White Witch of Rosel. E. E. Cowper.
Freda's Great Adventure. Alice Massie.
Courage, True Hearts! Gordon Stables.
Stephen goes to Sea. A. O. Cooke.
Under the Chilian Flag. Harry Collingwood.
The Islanders. Theodora Wilson Wilson.
Margery finds Herself. Doris A. Pocock.
Cousins in Camp. Theodora Wilson Wilson.
Far the sake of his Chum. Walter C. Rhoades.
An Ocean Outlaw. Hugh St. Leger.
Boys of the Priory School. F. Coombe.
Jane in Command. E. E. Cowper.
Adventures of Two. May Wynne.
The Secret of the Old House. E. Everett Green.
Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow
CONTENTS.
BOOK I.
IN SCOTTISH WILDS AND LONDON STREETS.
CHAP.
Hope told a Flattering Tale
Hurrah for "Merrie England"!
The Boys' Life in London
Wild Sports on Moorland and Ice
A Highland Blizzard--The Lost Sheep and Shepherd
"The breath of God was over all the land"
The Parting comes at last
BOOK II.
THE CRUISE OF THE FLORA M'VAYNE.
The Terrors of the Ocean
A Fearful Experience
Bound for Southern Seas of Ice
On the Wings of the Wind
Johnnie Shingles and Old Mr. Pen
"Back water all! For life, boys, for life!"
"Here's to the loved ones at home"
Captain Talbot spins a Yarn
Tongues of Lurid Fire--Blue, Green, and Deepest Crimson
So poor Conal must Perish!
Thus Hand in Hand the Brothers Sleep
Winter Life in an Antarctic Pack
A Chaos of Rolling and Dashing Ice
"Heave, and she goes! Hurrah!"
The Isles of Desolation
BOOK III.
IN THE LAND OF THE NUGGET AND DIAMOND.
Shipwreck on a Lonely Isle
A Weary Time
Children of the Sky
Treasure-hunters. The Forest
Fighting the Gorillas
An Invading Army--Victory!
The Mysterious Stone
The Battle at the Ford
The very Identical Bird
The Welcome Home
BOOK I
IN SCOTTISH WILDS AND LONDON STREETS