LATITUDE 19°

A ROMANCE OF THE WEST
INDIES IN THE YEAR OF
OUR LORD EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
AND TWENTY

Being a faithful account and true, ofthe painful adventures of the Skipper,the Bo's'n, the Smith, the Mate, andCynthia

By Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
Author of Where the Trade Winds Blow

ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE GIBBS

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1898

Copyright, 1898,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

All rights reserved.

[Pg iv]

To
C. S. C.

[Pg v]

CONTENTS.

• CHAPTERPAGE
  I.—Our involuntary landing 5
  II.—Our first view of the natives 29
  III.—We change our camp, and Cynthia discovers a disturbing element 45
  IV.—The skipper makes a prayer 68
  V.—A mysterious flight 84
  VI.—The pirates return 99
  VII.—A villain meets his end and a prisoner escapes 125
  VIII.—A living death 143
  IX.—I am rescued 159
  X.—The Minion points a moral, although he does not adorn a tale 169
  XI.—The Bo's'n hides the treasure...