Project Gutenberg Etext of Dead Men Tell No Tales, by EW Hornung #3 in our series by E. W. Hornung
Dead Men Tell No Tales
by E. W. Hornung
CONTENTS
* Chapter I Love on the Ocean
* Chapter II The Mysterious Cargo
* Chapter III To the Water’s Edge
* Chapter IV The Silent Sea
* Chapter V My Reward
* Chapter VI The Sole Survivor
* Chapter V I Find a Friend
* Chapter VI A Small Precaution
* Chapter VII My Convalescent Home
* Chapter VIII Wine and Weakness
* Chapter IX I Live Again
* Chapter X My Lady’s Bidding
“Promise! “
“I can’t,” I said. “It’s wrong.”
“Then good-by!” she cried, starting to her feet.
“No - no -” and I caught her hand.
“Well, then?”
“I - promise.”
CHAPTER XV
FIRST BLOOD
So I bound myself to a guilty secrecy for Eva’s sake, to save her from these wretches, or if you will, to win