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
lose a second was to take a life, and unconsciously I was sticking at that, perhaps from no higher instinct than distrust of my aim. Our pursuer, however, was on the steps when I clapped my free hand on top of those little white straining ones, and by a timely effort bent both them and the key round