BOOK I.—THE QUEST OF THE GREAT RUBY.
Chapter.
I. Tells of the strange will of my grandfather, Amos Trenoweth.
II. Tells how my father
went to seek the treasure;
and how my
mother
heard A cry in the night.
III. Tells of two strange
men that watched the sea upon
Polkimbra
beach.
IV. Tells how A song was
sung and A knife drawn upon
dead man’s
rock.
V. Tells how the sailor
Georgio Rhodojani gave evidence
at the
“Lugger
inn”
VI. Tells how A face looked
in at the window of Lantrig;
and in
what
manner my father came home
to us.
VII. Tells how uncle Loveday
made A discovery; and what the
tin
box
contained.
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.
IX. Contains the second part
of my father’s journal:
Setting
forth
his adventures in the island
of CELON.
X. Contains the third and
last part of my father’s
journal:
Setting
forth the mutiny on board
the BELLE FORTUNE
XI. Tells of the writing
upon the golden clasp; and
how I took
down
the great key.
BOOK II—THE FINDING OF THE GREAT RUBY.
Chapter.
I. Tells how Thomas Loveday and I went in search of fortune.
II. Tells of the luck of the golden clasp.