Issue Details: First known date: 1890... 1890 The Buried Treasure of Holy Island : A Clyde Skipper's Yarn
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An old Ayrshire sailor recounts an adventure of his youth in 1845, on Christmas Eve. Windbound on a voyage to Dublin the narrator and his shipmates visit a local island, hear a tale of a murder and suicide for a miser's gold, and discover the buried hoard themselves. Unvarnished yarn. (PB)

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