Plotting in Pirate Seas

Columbus," "The Quest of the Western World," "The Aztec-Hunters," "The Boy with the U. S. Census," etc. Illustrated by C. A. FEDERER NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS American All Through PAGE 11 Where Black Men Rule 27 The Blood-stained Citadel 47 The Ghost of Christophe 66 The Isle of the Buccaneers 81 A Cuban Rebel 99 A Nose for News 117 The Poison Trees 135 The Hurricane 155 The Lake of Pitch 177 The Morning of Doom 196 A Corsair's Death 217 The Hungry Shark 231 Trapped! 242 ILLUSTRATIONS "Not That Way—Two More Steps, Boy, and You Are Dead" Frontispiece For a Hundred Feet They Fell and Stuart Closed His Eyes in Sickening Dizziness PAGE 72 His Vision Distorted by the Venom-Vapor of the Poison Trees, the Land-Crabs Seemed Of Enormous Size and the Negro Who Came To Rescue Him Appeared As an Ogre 144 Above the Hoarse Shouts of Ruffians and Jack-Tars, Rose Teach's Murderous War Cry 224 PLOTTING IN PIRATE SEAS AMERICAN ALL THROUGH The tom-tom throbbed menacingly through the heavy dark of the Haitian night. Under its monotonous and maddening beat, Stuart Garfield moved restlessly. Why had his father not come back? What mystery lay behind? Often though the boy had visited the island, he had never been able to escape a sensation of fear at that summons of the devotees of Voodoo. Tonight, with the mysterious disappearance of his father weighing heavily on his spirits, the roll of the black goatskin drum seemed to mock him. Hippolyte, the giant negro who had been their guide into this back-country jungle, rocked and grimaced in balance with the rhythm. "Why are they beating that drum, Hippolyte?" demanded Stuart, suddenly. "Tonight the night of the Full Moon, Yes," was the answer. "Always Voodoo feast that night. Often, queer things happen on night of Full Moon, Yes!" Stuart turned impatiently to the door, as much to get his eyes away from the hypnotic swaying of Hippolyte as to resume his watch for his father. The negro's reference to "queer things" had added to the boy's uneasiness. Little though Stuart knew about his father's affairs, he was aware that his investigations dealt with matters of grave importance to the United States. Ever since Mr. Garfield had resigned his position in the U. S. Consular Service…