THE COUSINS: OR, THE CAPTAIN'S WARD.
BYJAMES A. MAITLAND, ESQ.,
AUTHOR OF "THE WATCHMAN," "THE WANDERER," "THE OLD DOCTOR," "THE LAWYER'S STORY," ETC., ETC.New York: EVANS & CO., PUBLISHERS, 677 BROADWAY.
1858.ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, BY E. D. LONG, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.—AN EARLY SNOW STORM IN NEW YORK. 5
- CHAPTER II.—CAPTAIN MARTINGALE AT HOME. 10
- CHAPTER III.—THE CONFINEMENT AND THE ESCAPE. 19
- CHAPTER IV.—NEEDLEWOMEN IN NEW YORK. 26
- CHAPTER V.—CHARLES ALLEN CONFIDES IN DR. CHEESEMAN. 42
- CHAPTER VI.—A VISIT TO THE MULGRAVE ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 48
- CHAPTER VII.—LOUISA MILDMAY COMMENCES HER STORY. 62
- CHAPTER VIII.—LOUISA CONCLUDES HER STORY. 71
- CHAPTER IX.—"ALL IN THE DOWNS"—A STORM ON THE COAST OF KENT. 79
- CHAPTER X.—THE TWO SURVIVORS OF THE SHIPWRECKED CREW—A DEATH-BED SCENE AT THE RECTORY. 92
- CHAPTER XI.—THE SMUGGLERS CAPTURED. 105
- CHAPTER XII.—THE RESCUE FROM THE GRAVE—A SOLEMN VOW. 112
- CHAPTER XIII.—ON BOARD THE SOUTH SEA WHALER. 119
- CHAPTER XIV.—A GOVERNESS WANTED. 130
- CHAPTER XV.—THE CHILDREN OF THE BAKER FAMILY. 134
- CHAPTER XVI.—A VISIT TO THE ISLAND OF OOLEAH—THE TABOO. 145
- CHAPTER XVII.—THE FAIRY OF THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND. 154
- CHAPTER XVIII.—NEW-YEAR'S DAY IN NEW ZEALAND. 167
- CHAPTER XIX.—THE UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE OF THE GUARDIAN. 174
- CHAPTER XX.—FATHER AND SON. 187
- CHAPTER XXI.—THE MURDER AND THE SAVAGE WITNESS. 205
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- CHAPTER XXII.—THE OLD SAILOR'S STORY. 211
- CHAPTER XXIII.—THE STORY OF THE ISLAND MAIDEN. 229
- CHAPTER XXIV.—CAPTAIN MARTINGALE IN PERPLEXITY. 237
- CHAPTER XXV.—CAPTURE OF THE SCHOONER OF WAR BY PIRATES. 249
- CHAPTER XXVI.—THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN LAURA AND HER GUARDIAN. 262
- CHAPTER XXVII.—THE LOVE OF THE ISLAND MAIDEN. 267
- CHAPTER XXVIII.—LAURA VISITS THE RECTOR WITH HER GUARDIAN. 280
- CHAPTER XXIX.—THE WRECK OF THE "MINERVA" IN THE INDIAN SEAS. 285
- CHAPTER XXX.—MYSTIFICATIONS UPON MYSTIFICATIONS. 297
- CHAPTER XXXI.—THE NEW ZEALAND GIRL. 303
- CHAPTER XXXII.—STRANGE DOINGS ON BOARD SHIP. 320
- CHAPTER XXXIII.—THE ARRIVAL AT CALCUTTA LEADS TO AN EXPLANATION. 338
- CHAPTER XXXIV.—THE GATHERING AT THE HOTEL AT SOUTHAMPTON. 355
- CHAPTER XXXV.—RETURN TO NEW YORK. 365
- CHAPTER XXXVI.—FURTHER EXPLANATIONS, AND DEPARTURE FOR NANTUCKET. 372
- CHAPTER XXXVII.—AN EXPLANATION AND A RECONCILIATION. 379
