Chapter I: Front Matter

THE QUEST OF THE
SILVER SWAN

A Land and Sea Tale for Boys

BY
W. BERT FOSTER

Author of “In Alaskan Waters,” “With Washington at
Valley Forge,” “The Lost Galleon,” “The Treasure
of Southlake Farm,” etc.

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THE QUEST OF THE SILVER SWAN.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE RAFT AT SEA 9

II. INTRODUCING BRANDON TARR AND UNCLE ARAD 21

III. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WRECK OF THE SILVER SWAN 34

IV. BRANDON COMES TO A DECISION 40

V. UNCLE ARAD HAS RECOURSE TO LEGAL FORCE 45

VI. RELATING A MEETING BETWEEN UNCLE ARAD AND THE SAILOR 51

VII. INTRODUCING “SQUARE” HOLT AND HIS OPINIONS 59

VIII. SOMETHING ABOUT LEAVING THE FARM 66

IX. ANOTHER LETTER FROM NEW YORK 72

X. BRANDON’S ARRIVAL AT THE METROPOLIS 79

XI. THE FIRM OF ADONIRAM PEPPER & CO. 85

XII. IN WHICH BRANDON VENTURES INTO RATHER DISREPUTABLE
SOCIETY 90

XIII. THE OLD SAILOR WITH THE WOODEN LEG 98

XIV. THE OLD SAILOR’S EXCITEMENT 103

XV. CALEB RECEIVES A STARTLING COMMUNICATION 110

XVI. TELLING HOW BRANDON BEARDED THE LION IN HIS LAIR 116

XVII. HOW THE OMNIPRESENT WEEKS PROVES HIS RIGHT TO THE
TERM 123

XVIII. BRANDON LISTENS TO A SHORT FAMILY HISTORY 130

XIX. TELLING A GREAT DEAL ABOUT DERELICTS IN GENERAL 137

XX. THE CONTENTS OF SEVERAL INTERESTING DOCUMENTS 144

XXI. IN WHICH MR. PEPPER MAKES A PROPOSITION TO CALEB
AND DON 151

XXII. INTO BAD COMPANY 156

XXIII. MR. ALFRED WEEKS AT A CERTAIN CONFERENCE 163

XXIV. HOW A NEFARIOUS COMPACT WAS FORMED 171

XXV. UNCLE ARAD MAKES AN ANNOUNCEMENT 176

XXVI. CALEB WETHERBEE OBSTRUCTS THE COURSE OF THE LAW 183

XXVII. WHEREIN BRANDON TARR CONCEALS HIMSELF 188

XXVIII. THE DEPARTURE OF THE WHALEBACK, NUMBER THREE 197

XXIX. THE STOWAWAY ABOARD THE SUCCESS 208

XXX. SHOWING WHAT MISS MILLY DOES FOR BRANDON 217

XXXI. WHEREIN NUMBER THREE APPROACHES THE SUPPOSED
VICINITY OF THE SILVER SWAN 224

XXXII. RELATING HOW THE SILVER SWAN WAS HEARD FROM 229

XXXIII. IN WHICH COMRADES IN COURAGE LAUNCH THEMSELVES
UPON THE DEEP 234

XXXIV. THE INCIDENTS OF A NIGHT OF PERIL 240

XXXV. SHOWING HOW CALEB APPEARED ON THE SCENE JUST
TOO LATE 250

XXXVI. THE CASTAWAYS ON THE BRIG SUCCESS 257

XXXVII. LEFT IN DOUBT 264

XXXVIII. HOW THE ENEMY APPEARED 270

XXXIX. SHOWING HOW MR. WEEKS MADE HIS LAST MOVE 278

XL. IN WHICH THE ENEMY IS DEFEATED AND THE QUEST OF
THE SILVER SWAN IS ENDED 286

THE QUEST OF THE SILVER SWAN