A Victorious Union
Chapter VIII: “On Board of the Cotton Schooner”
by Oliver Optic
The men continue to learn information. The boat prepares to depart.
The men continue to learn information. The boat prepares to depart.
Mark kills an alligator that has attacked a young boy. Mark brings the boy back to their home. Later, Mark and the men go back for the alligator.
A story about the animals in the Wet Wild Woods and how the cat that walked helped domesticate all the wild animals.
Holmes arrives at Watson’s home after escaping three murder attempts and a threat from his nemesis Moriarty. Holmes is determined to bring Moriarty to terms in order to uphold justice and make his career.
Cannetella doesn’t wish to be married, but agrees to do so if her father finds a man to fit her outrageous demands. Her insistence leads her to trouble, when her husband treats her poorly. She manages an escape, but her husband pursues her, using magic to try to capture her once more.
Darnay and Lucie marry and leave for their honeymoon. Dr. Manette is not well.
Livesey arrives to tend to the pirates. Livesey asks for a private meeting with Jim. Silver grants him his wish. Livesey chastises Jim for deserting the Captain. He tries to convince him that they should flee. Jim refuses.
George's unethical practices continue to bring him monetary gain. A former employee threatens to reveal George's corrupt business practices. While on a business trip, George encounters Gerald Doak.
Christy travels with his father to his new ship. He meets up with his shipmates and Bertha.
A simpleton gains friends and a wife.
With their father away at war, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy make plans for Christmas. A letter from their father arrives.
A story about how Paperarelloo got his name, and the grand deeds he performed.
A fairy tale about Father Grumbler’’s hardships and the Holy Man’s attempts to help him. However, Father Grumbler does not heed the Holy Man’s directions and gets what he deserves.
Signor Pastrini tells Franz and Albert the tales of Luigi Vampa.
David visits Mrs. Steerforth, now an invalid, to deliver some bad news.
Valentine discovers who has been poisoning the occupants of the Villefort house.
The Count of Monte Cristo saves Maximilian, and then finds happiness once again.
On the day before Christmas a man is caught in a fight and looses a goose and his hat. Sherlock Holmes is trying to figure out who the hat belongs to, when a blue carbuncle is found in the goose.
Becky continues to the people of Vanity Fair with her charm, but many question the source of her wealth. Rawdon's debts catch up with him.
Mary shows Dickon the garden and he agrees to help her take care of it. Mary admits to him that she likes him and he, inturn, admits he likes her. When she leaves to go inside, she worries that she’ll never see him again.
The men enter Carfax to try to determine the location of the fifty boxes of earth. Mina is left alone, and finds herself feeling strange things.
The Professor remembers about the Pig-Tale.
Danglers learns that in order to eat while imprisoned he must pay a large sum for his food.
David's hopes for domestic bliss are not fulfilled.