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


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“I was afraid of it!” cried Eva, with a sudden sob.

“What is it?”

“They’ve taken away the key!”

Yes, the keen air came through an empty keyhole; and my lamp, held close, not only showed that the door was locked, but that the lock was one with which an unskilled hand might tamper for hours without


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