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Cruise of the "Esmeralda", by Harry Collingwood
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Title: The Cruise of the "Esmeralda"
Author: Harry Collingwood
Illustrator: W.H. Overend
Release Date: June 17, 2008 [EBook #25817]
Language: English
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The Cruise of the "Esmeralda", by Harry Collingwood.
CHAPTER ONE.
THE STORY OF THE BURIED TREASURE.
Those of my readers who happen to be well acquainted with Weymouth, will also be assuredly acquainted with a certain lane, known as Buxton's Lane, branching off to the right from the high-road at Rodwell, and connecting that suburb with the picturesque little village of Wyke. I make this assertion with the most perfect confidence, because Buxton's Lane happens to afford one of the most charming walks in that charming neighbourhood; and no one can well be a sojourner for any length of time in Weymouth without discovering this fact for him or herself, either through inquiry or by means of personal exploration.
And of those who have enjoyed a saunter through this lane, some there will doubtless be who can remember a substantial stone-built house, standing back a dis