Produced by Gardner Buchanan
Among the Brigands
By Prof. James de Mille
H. M. Caldwell Company
Publishers
New York and Boston
Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by Leeand Shepard in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Among the Brigands
Stranger in a strange Land.—A Citadel of Trunks.—Besieged.—Retreatin good Order.—A most tremendous Uproar.—Kicks! Thumps!—Smashof Chairs!—Crash of Tables!—A general Row!—The Cry for Help!—TheVoice of David!—The Revelation of the Darkness!—The fiery Eyes!—TheUnseen!—The Revelation of the Mystery.—A general Flight.
How in the World did it get there?—A joyous Ride.—Hark! Hark!The Dogs-do bark! Beggars come to Town; some in Rags, some in Tags,and some in a tattered Gown!—A pleasant Meditation on a classicPast very rudely, unexpectedly, tad even savagely interrupted, andlikely to terminate in a Tragedy!—Perilous Position of David andClive.
Out into the Country.—The Drive.—The glorious Land.—Sorrentoand eternal Summer.—The Cave of Polyphemus.—The Cathedral—Themysterious Image.—What is it?—David Relic-hunting.—ACatastrophe.—Chased by a Virago.—The Town roused.—Besieged.—Adesperate Onset—Flight—Last of the Virago.
Salerno and the sulky Driver.—Paestum and its Temples.—A greatSensation.—An unpleasant Predicament—Is the Driver a Traitor?—Ishe in League—with Bandits?—Arguments about the Situation, andwhat each thought about it.
They discuss the Situation.—They prepare to foot it—A toilsome
Walk, and a happy Discovery.—The Language of Signs once more.—The
Mountain Cavalcade.—Bob's Ambition.—Its results.—Bob
vanishes.—Consternation of the Donkey Boy.—Consternation of the
Cavalcade.—"E Perduto!".
Flight of Both—Difference between a tame Donkey and a wild
Ass.—Carried off to the Mountains.—The headlong Course.—The
Mountain Pass.—The Journey's End.—Ill-omened Place.—Confounded
by a new Terror.—The Brigands.
The Lurking-place of the Brigands.—The captive Boy.—The hideous
Household.—The horrible old Hag.—The slattern Woman.—The dirty
Children.—The old Crone and the evil Eye.—Despondency of Bob.
—Is Escape possible?—Night.—Imprisoned.—The Bed of Straw.
—Outlook into the Night from the Prison Windows.
The worn-out Captive.—Light Slumbers.—Fearful Wakening.—Thestealthy Step.—The overmastering Horror.—The lone Boy confrontedby his Enemy.—The hungry Eyes.—Is it real, or a Nightmare?—Thesupreme Moment.
The Cavalcade in Pursuit—Hopes and Fears.—Theories about the lost
Boy.—A new Turn to Affairs.—Explanations.—On to
Salerno.—Inquiries.—Baffled.—Fresh Consternation and
Despondency.—The last Hope.
The captive Boy and his grisly Visitant—The Hand on his
Head.-Denouement.—The Brigand Family.—The old Crone.—The Robber
Wife.—The Brigand Children.—A Revolution of Feeling.—The main
Road.—The Carriage.—In Search of Bob.
The Ret