Somewhere in the Caribbean

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Somewhere in the Caribbean (1923)
by Francis Lynde
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Somewhere in the Caribbean

By Francis Lynde

Author of “The Dollar-berry Bush,” “A Transplanted
Tenderfoot,” Etc.

Francis Lynde is a gifted author. One of his especial gifts is the ability to “shift into high,” as it were, from the very start. His readers are never asked to possess their souls in patience while he stokes his fires, gets up steam, and laboriously gathers headway. He invariably leaps away to a running start. But that isn’t all. Having set a killing pace from the crack of the starting gun, Mr. Lynde gathers speed steadily. The interest is not merely sustained to the end. It is increased page by page. How it is done is a secret that only the great writers seem to know. We could not reveal it if we would. All we can say is that Francis Lynde is among the favored few who know the mystic formula. If you want to see the formula being applied at its best, you will find its exemplification in “Somewhere in the Carribean.”

(A Complete Novel)

CONTENTS

  1. chapter
  2. I how the lights went out 1
  3. II going and coming 6
  4. III the white ship 11
  5. IV a stern chase 17
  6. V. chaos and old night 21
  7. VI. breakers ahead! 26
  8. VII. the enchanted isle 29
  9. VIII. a flight in the dark 34
  10. IX. the last of the “vesta” 40
  11. X. a thief in the night 43
  12. XI. under fire 47
  13. XII. storm and calm 52

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1930, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 93 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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