Jethou - or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Ernest R. (Ernest Richard) Suffling
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Digging for the treasure--A noonday rest--The ghastly tenant of
the treasure house--We find the treasure--An account of what we discovered 217 CHAPTER XIX. Preparing to leave--A letter home--We lengthen and enlarge the "Anglo-Franc"--Re-christen her "Happy Return"--Love at first sight--Victualling and stowing cargo--Pretty Jeannette--The long voyage--Incidents en route--Vegetarians, and their diet--Yarmouth reached--Fresh-water navigation--My native heath 231 CHAPTER XX. I surprise the old folks at home--All well--Is Priscilla false--We meet--The missing letters--A snake in the grass--Dreams of vengeance 250 CHAPTER XXI. The "Happy Return" inspected--More of my father's ghost--Unpacking the treasure--Seek an interview with Walter Johnson--Two letters 257 CHAPTER XXII. M. Oudin arrives--The Wedding Day--Division of the spoil--Alec returns to Jethou--Wedding gifts--The end 265 APPENDIX. |
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