Chapter I: Front Matter

Courage, True Hearts

Sailing in Search of Fortune

BY

GORDON STABLES

Author of "The Naval Cadet" "For Life and Liberty"
"To Greenland and the Pole" &c.

"I've wandered east, I've wandered west,
Through many a weary way;
But never, never can forget
The love of life's young day."

BLACKIE & SON LIMITED

LONDON AND GLASGOW

The Peak Library

_Books in this Series_

Overdue. Harry Collingwood. The Dampier Boys. E. M. Green. The King's Knight. G. I. Whitham. Their London Cousins. Lady Middleton. The White Witch of Rosel. E. E. Cowper. Freda's Great Adventure. Alice Massie. Courage, True Hearts! Gordon Stables. Stephen goes to Sea. A. O. Cooke. Under the Chilian Flag. Harry Collingwood. The Islanders. Theodora Wilson Wilson. Margery finds Herself. Doris A. Pocock. Cousins in Camp. Theodora Wilson Wilson. Far the sake of his Chum. Walter C. Rhoades. An Ocean Outlaw. Hugh St. Leger. Boys of the Priory School. F. Coombe. Jane in Command. E. E. Cowper. Adventures of Two. May Wynne. The Secret of the Old House. E. Everett Green.

_Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow_

CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

IN SCOTTISH WILDS AND LONDON STREETS.

CHAP.

I. Hope told a Flattering Tale
II. Hurrah for "Merrie England"!
III. The Boys' Life in London
IV. Wild Sports on Moorland and Ice
V. A Highland Blizzard--The Lost Sheep and Shepherd
VI. "The breath of God was over all the land"
VII. The Parting comes at last

BOOK II.

THE CRUISE OF THE _FLORA M'VAYNE_.

I. The Terrors of the Ocean
II. A Fearful Experience
III. Bound for Southern Seas of Ice
IV. On the Wings of the Wind
V. Johnnie Shingles and Old Mr. Pen
VI. "Back water all! For life, boys, for life!"
VII. "Here's to the loved ones at home"
VIII. Captain Talbot spins a Yarn
IX. Tongues of Lurid Fire--Blue, Green, and Deepest Crimson
X. So poor Conal must Perish!
XI. Thus Hand in Hand the Brothers Sleep
XII. Winter Life in an Antarctic Pack
XIII. A Chaos of Rolling and Dashing Ice
XIV. "Heave, and she goes! Hurrah!"
XV. The Isles of Desolation

BOOK III.

IN THE LAND OF THE NUGGET AND DIAMOND.

I. Shipwreck on a Lonely Isle
II. A Weary Time
III. Children of the Sky
IV. Treasure-hunters. The Forest
V. Fighting the Gorillas
VI. An Invading Army--Victory!
VII. The Mysterious Stone
VIII. The Battle at the Ford
IX. The very Identical Bird
X. The Welcome Home