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
“What was the haul?” I asked him, with the air of one not unprepared to consider the matter.
“Twelve thousand ounces!”
“Forty-eight thousand pounds, about?”
“Yes-yes.”
“And your share?”
“Fourteen thousand pounds. Santos takes twenty, and Harris and I fourteen thousand each.”
“And you offer me seven?”