A Challenge
XV. The Battle not to the Strong
XVI. We seek the Inlanders
XVII. A Bootless Sacrifice
XVIII. Facing the End
XIX. Afterward
XX. Who the Pirates were
XXI. How the Pirates came
XXII. We leave the North Sea
PART III
XXIII. A Change of Partners
XXIV. Under the Aegis of the Court
XXV. Jack Battle again
XXVI. At Oxford
XXVII. Home from the Bay
XXVIII. Rebecca and I fall out
XXIX. The King's Pleasure
ILLUSTRATION
Radisson's Map
HERALDS OF EMPIRE
FOREWORD
I see him yet--swarthy, straight as a lance, keen as steel, in his eyes
the restless fire that leaps to red when sword cuts sword. I see him
yet--beating about the high seas, a lone adventurer, tracking forest
wastes where no man else dare go, pitting his wit against the intrigue
of king and court and empire. Prince of pathfinders, prince of
pioneers, prince of gamesters, he played the game for love of the game,
caring never a rush for the gold which pawns other men's souls. How
much of good was in his ill, how much of ill in his good, let his life
declare! He played fast and loose with truth, I know, till all the
world played fast and loose with him. He juggled with empires as with
puppets, but he died not a groat the richer, which is better record
than greater men can boast.
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