Chapters (32)
- DEAD MAN'S ROCK.
- A Romance.
- CONTENTS.
- BOOK I.—THE QUEST OF THE GREAT RUBY.
- BOOK II—THE FINDING OF THE GREAT RUBY.
- DEAD MAN'S ROCK.
- BOOK I.
- THE QUEST OF THE GREAT RUBY.
- CHAPTER I. TELLS OF THE STRANGE WILL OF MY GRANDFATHER, AMOS TRENOWETH.
- CHAPTER II. TELLS HOW MY FATHER WENT TO SEEK THE TREASURE; AND HOW MY MOTHER HEARD A CRY IN THE NIGHT.
- CHAPTER III. TELLS OF TWO STRANGE MEN THAT WATCHED THE SEA UPON POLKIMBRA BEACH.
- CHAPTER IV. TELLS HOW A SONG WAS SUNG AND A KNIFE DRAWN UPON DEAD MAN'S ROCK.
- CHAPTER V. TELLS HOW THE SAILOR GEORGIO RHODOJANI GAVE EVIDENCE AT THE "LUGGER INN."
- CHAPTER VI. TELLS HOW A FACE LOOKED IN AT THE WINDOW OF LANTRIG; AND IN WHAT MANNER MY FATHER CAME HOME TO US.
- CHAPTER VII. TELLS HOW UNCLE LOVEDAY MADE A DISCOVERY; AND WHAT THE TIN BOX CONTAINED.
- CHAPTER VIII. CONTAINS THE FIRST PART OF MY FATHER'S JOURNAL; SETTING FORTH HIS MEETING WITH MR. ELIHU SANDERSON, OF BOMBAY; AND MY GRANDFATHER'S MANUSCRIPT.
- CHAPTER IX. CONTAINS THE SECOND PART OF MY FATHER'S JOURNAL: SETTING FORTH HIS ADVENTURES IN THE ISLAND OF CEYLON.
- CHAPTER X. CONTAINS THE THIRD AND LAST PART OF MY FATHER'S JOURNAL: SETTING FORTH THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE BELLE FORTUNE.
- CHAPTER XI. TELLS OF THE WRITING UPON THE GOLDEN CLASP; AND HOW I TOOK DOWN THE GREAT KEY.
- END OF BOOK I.
- BOOK II. THE FINDING OF THE GREAT RUBY.
- CHAPTER I. TELLS HOW THOMAS LOVEDAY AND I WENT IN SEARCH OF FORTUNE.
- CHAPTER II. TELLS OF THE LUCK OF THE GOLDEN CLASP.
- CHAPTER III. TELLS AN OLD STORY IN THE TRADITIONAL MANNER.
- CHAPTER IV. TELLS HOW I SAW THE SHADOW OF THE ROCK; AND HOW I TOLD AND HEARD NEWS.
- CHAPTER V. TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN ROSE UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY."
- CHAPTER VI. TELLS HOW THE BLACK AND YELLOW FAN SENT A MESSAGE; AND HOW I SAW A FACE IN THE FOG.
- CHAPTER VII. TELLS HOW CLAIRE WENT TO THE PLAY; AND HOW SHE SAW THE GOLDEN CLASP.
- CHAPTER VIII. TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN FELL UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY."
- CHAPTER IX. TELLS HOW TWO VOICES LED ME TO BOARD A SCHOONER; AND WHAT BEFELL THERE.
- CHAPTER X. TELLS IN WHAT MANNER I LEARNT THE SECRET OF THE GREAT KEY.
- CHAPTER XI. AND LAST. TELLS HOW AT LAST I FOUND MY REVENGE AND THE GREAT RUBY.
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