Of the convicts, the dangers which menaced Granite House, the ruins with which the plateau was covered, the colonists thought no longer. Herbert's cri...
The convalescence of the young invalid was regularly progressing. One thing only was now to be desired, that his state would allow him to be brought t...
So the convicts were still there, watching the corral, and determined to kill the settlers one after the other. There was nothing to be done but to tr...
At Herbert's cry, Pencroft, letting his gun fall, rushed towards him. They have killed him! he cried. My boy! They have killed him! Cyrus Harding and ...
However, the chief business of the colonists was to make that complete exploration of the island which had been decided upon, and which would have two...
So, then, all was explained by the submarine explosion of this torpedo. Cyrus Harding could not be mistaken, as, during the war of the Union, he had h...
She has blown up! cried Herbert. Yes! blown up, just as if Ayrton had set fire to the powder! returned Pencroft, throwing himself into the lift togeth...
The night passed without incident. The colonists were on the qui vive, and did not leave their post at the Chimneys. The pirates, on their side, did n...
There was no longer any doubt as to the pirates' intentions. They had dropped anchor at a short distance from the island, and it was evident that the ...
It was now two years and a half since the castaways from the balloon had been thrown on Lincoln Island, and during that period there had been no commu...
