BROTHERS OF PERIL
A Story of Old Newfoundland
WORKS OF
THEODORE ROBERTS
| The Red Feathers | $1.50 |
| Brothers of Peril | $1.50 |
| Hemming the Adventurer | $1.50 |
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
New England Building, Boston, Mass.
"A VIVID CIRCLE OF RED ON THE SNOW OF THAT
NAMELESS WILDERNESS"
Brothers of Peril
A Story of Old Newfoundland
By
Theodore Roberts
Author of "Hemming, the Adventurer"
Illustrated by H. C. Edwards
Boston L. C. Page &
Company Mdccccv
Copyright, 1905
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)
All rights reserved
Published June, 1905
Second Impression, March, 1908
COLONIAL PRESS
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
Preface
During the three centuries directly following John Cabot's discovery ofNewfoundland, that unfortunate island was the sport of careless kings,selfish adventurers, and diligent pirates. While England, France, Spain,and Portugal were busy with courts and kings, and with spectacularbattles, their fishermen and adventurers toiled together and foughttogether about the misty headlands of that far island. Fish, not glory,was their quest! Full cargoes, sweetly cured, was their desire—and letfame go hang!
The merchants of England undertook the guardianship of the "NewfoundeLand." In greed, in valour, and in achievement they won their mastery.Their greed was a two-edged sword which cut all 'round. It hounded theaborigines; it bullied the men of France and Spain; it discouraged thesettlement of the land by stout hearts of whatever nationality. It wasthe dream of those merchant adventurers of Devon to have the placeremain[Pg vi] for ever nothing but a fishing-station. They faced the pirates,the foreign fishers, the would-be settlers, and the natural hardshipswith equal fortitude and insolence. When some philosopher dreamed offounding plantations in the king's name and to the glory of God,England, and himself, then would the gree