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Chapter I

JOSEPH HOCKING

Author of "All Men are Liars"

NEW YORKDODD, MEAD AND COMPANY1897

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Copyright, 1896, byJoseph Hocking

BURR PRINTING HOUSE, NEW YORK.

"I made a leap at Sam Liddicoat."

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CHAPTER I

Tells how the Penningtons Lost Pennington

CHAPTER II

Tells how I, Jasper Pennington, Tried to Get my Own

CHAPTER III

How I was Robbed of Elmwater Barton; how I Flogged the Tresidders, and was Pilloried because of it

CHAPTER IV

I Escape from the Whipping-post, and Find my Way To Granfer Fraddam's Cave

CHAPTER V

I See Naomi Penryn on Rock Called the Spanish Cavalier, and Rescue her—We Escape from the Tresidders

CHAPTER VI

I Discover Another Cave, and Hear a Conversation Between Richard Tresidder and his Son

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CHAPTER VII

I Hear Richard Tresidder Tell Naomi Penryn's History, and am in Danger of being Killed by Smugglers

CHAPTER VIII

I Go to Kynance Cove with Cap'n Jack Truscott's Gang, and Meet his Daughter Tamsin

CHAPTER IX

What Happened at Cap'n Jack's House—Tamsin's Confession, and the Smugglers' Plans

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