Chapter I: Front Matter

SAM STEELE’S
ADVENTURES
On Land
and Sea

By
CAPT. HUGH FITZGERALD

CHICAGO
THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1906,
BY
THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.

LIST OF CHAPTERS

CHAPTER PAGE
I I Hear Bad News 9
II I Find a Relative 24
III My Fortunes Improve 40
IV I Ship Aboard the “Flipper” 54
V “Nux” and “Bryonia” 66
VI The Land of Mystery 83
VII The Major 91
VIII The Sands of Gold 110
IX The Outlaws 124
X The Rocking Stone 137
XI The Cavern 153
XII We Recover the Gold 169
XIII The Catastrophe 184
XIV Buried Alive! 193
XV The Major Gives Chase 206
XVI The Grave Captain Gay 219
XVII We Give up the Ship 235
XVIII Uncle Naboth’s Revenge 247
XIX The Conquest of Mrs. Ranck 257
XX Steele, Perkins & Steele 270

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY
HOWARD HEATH

“Now, my lad, Keep Quiet an’ You Won’t get Hurt” _Frontispiece_
Captured by the Gold-Hunters 97
A Hazardous Climb 177
“Leave the Room, Sir!” 231
“Here’s the Treasure House, Sir!” 265