The Fatal Cord

The Fatal Cord

Mayne Reid, scots-irish american novelist (1818-1883)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- STORY I. THE FATAL CORD

-03- A BIVOUAC OF BOY HUNTERS

-04- TWO TRAVELLERS

-05- HANGING BY ONE HAND

-06- A FORCED FREEDOM

-07- TWO OLD CHUMS

-08- A CRY OF DISTRESS

-09- THE BODY TAKEN DOWN

-10- THE OATH OF SECRECY

-11- A COMPULSORY COMPACT

-12- VOWS OF VENGEANCE

-13- DICK TARLETON

-14- A TRAITOR’S EPISTLE

-15- SIX YEARS AFTER

-16- STEALING UPON A SHANTY

-17- LENA’S RECOGNITION

-18- ABSENCE EXPLAINED

-19- FATHER AND DAUGHTER

-20- AN ANGRY ADMIRER

-21- A CONCLAVE OF SCOUNDRELS

-22- THE TRYST UNDER THE TREE

-23- THE TREE CAVE

-24- THE DIGGERS DISMISSED

-25- A COMPANION

-26- ANOTHER EAVESDROPPER

-27- THE STRANGER GUEST

-28- A REVANCHE

-29- STORY II. THE FALCON ROVER

-30- THE DISCOVERY

-31- THE PURSUIT

-32- THE EARLY VISITOR

-33- AT THE SPOUT

-34- ON BOARD THE SCHOONER

-35- AT THE OLD MANOR HOUSE

-36- ON BOARD THE BRIG, THE CHALLENGE

-37- THE SHIP DUCHESS

-38- THE COMBAT

-39- THE CHASE

-40- THE BOARDING ATTACK

-41- THE FATE OF THE FALCON

-42- GATHERED ENDS