FLEMINGTON

FLEMINGTON

BY VIOLET JACOB

(MRS. ARTHUR JACOB)
AUTHOR OF “THE INTERLOPER,” “THE SHEEP-STEALERS,” &c.

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1911

TO
 
EVELYN FRANCES MUNRO

AUTHOR’S NOTE

THIS book has no claim to be considered an historical novel, none of the principal people in it being historic characters; but the taking of the ship, as also the manner of its accomplishment, is true.

V. J.

CONTENTS

BOOK I
CHAPTER       PAGE
I. PROLOGUE     1
II. JETSAM     16
III. A COACH-AND-FIVE     30
IV. BUSINESS     46
V. “THE HAPPY LAND”     64
VI. IN DARKNESS AND IN LIGHT     72
VII. TREACHERY     84
VIII. THE HEAVY HAND     100
IX. “TOUJOURS DE L’AUDACE”     124
BOOK II
X. ADRIFT     135
XI. THE GUNS OF MONTROSE     150
XII. INCHBRAYOCK     161
XIII. THE INTERESTED SPECTATOR     177
XIV. IN SEARCH OF SENSATION     185
XV. WATTIE HAS THEORIES     200
XVI. THE TWO ENDS OF THE LINE     212
XVII. SOCIETY     222
XVIII. BALNILLO FINDS PERFECTION     234
BOOK III
XIX. THE WINTER     251
XX. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS     263
XXI. HUNTLY HILL     280
XXII. HUNTLY HILL (continued)     288
XXIII. THE MUIR OF PERT     299
XXIV. THE VANITY OF MEN     313
XXV. A ROYAL DUKE     327
XXVI. THE VANISHING BIRD     335
XXVII. EPILOGUE     346