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The second in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndyke. Syn on the High Seas begins the adventure of Christopher Syn, a mild-mannered Doctor of Divinity, until tragedy and fate lead him to a life on the high seas as the bloodthirsty Captain Clegg.
A series of episodic adventures for Doctor Christopher Syn, alias "the Scarecrow," as he continues his smuggling endeavors...
Like the previous volume it is an episodic collection of adventures. It follows Syn's adventures in his guise as the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh as he foils all attempts to catch him and to break up the Dymchurch smugglers...
Well, there's some good in most wicked men,' returned the Welshman, 'though I never found any in the leader of our smugglers. Tarroc Dolgenny has nothing to recommend him but a devilishly handsome face and a quick and daring brain. He is not even a faithful leader when his own interests are like to be thwarted, and he would as soon murder a follower as any enemy. The strange part is that, knowing his character, his men remain faithful to him.'
One by one they left London; their reasons various, their destination the same: Romney Marsh. First to leave was a Mr James Bone, better known as Gentleman James, Highwayman-and ally of the mysterious smuggler called the Scarecrow. Close behind: Lord Cullingford. Foolish, foppish Lord Cullingford, desperate with debt, determined to earn the reward due to the man who brought the Scarecrow to justice. On Dover Stage: Captain Bully' Foulkes who had boasted and wagered publicly that he was the man to catch the Scarecrow. And travelling with him by chance, Doctor Syn, Vicar of Dymchurch, much regarded as a clergyman-and with some most unclerical distinctions. Soon their paths would cross, and the meetings would be unhappy for some.