Chapter 1 of 61

By James De Mille

By James De Mille

The Author Of “The Dodge Club”





CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. — THE LETTER FROM BEYOND THE SEA.

CHAPTER II. — A LIFE TRAGEDY.

CHAPTER III. — “A MAN OVERBOARD!”

CHAPTER IV. — SINKING IN DEEP WATERS.

CHAPTER V. — THE MYSTERY OF COFFIN ISLAND.

CHAPTER VI. — THE DWELLER IN THE SUNKEN SHIP.

CHAPTER VII. — MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN A BOTTLE.

CHAPTER VIII. — THE SIGNAL OF FIRE.

CHAPTER IX. — THE MALAY PIRATE

CHAPTER X. — BEATRICE.

CHAPTER XI. — THE IMPROVISATORE.

CHAPTER XII. — THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.

CHAPTER XIII. — THE BADINAGE OF OLD FRIENDS.

CHAPTER XIV. — TWO LETTERS.

CHAPTER XV. — JOURNAL OF PAOLO LANGHETTI.

CHAPTER XVI. — HUSBAND AND WIFE.

CHAPTER XVII. — THE SHADOW OF THE AFRICAN FOREST.

CHAPTER XVIII. — INQUIRIES.

CHAPTER XIX. — THE DEAD ALIVE.

CHAPTER XX. — FRANK’S STORY.

CHAPTER XXI. — THE DIVING BUSINESS.

CHAPTER XXII. — THE ISLET OF SANTA CRUZ.

CHAPTER XXIII. — THE OCEAN DEPTHS.

CHAPTER XXIV. — BEATRICE’S JOURNAL

CHAPTER XXV. — THE BYZANTINE HYMNISTS.

CHAPTER XXVI. — CLASPED HANDS.

CHAPTER XXVII. — JOURNAL OF PAOLO LANGHETTI.

CHAPTER XXVIII. — THIS MUST END.

CHAPTER XXIX. — BEATRICE’S JOURNAL.

CHAPTER XXX. — SMITHERS & CO.

CHAPTER XXXI. — PAOLO LANGHETTI.

CHAPTER XXXII. — FLIGHT.

CHAPTER XXXIII. — “PICKED UP ADRIFT.”

CHAPTER XXXIV. — ON THE TRACK.

CHAPTER XXXV. — BEATRICE’S RECOVERY.

CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE AFFAIRS OF SMITHERS & CO.

CHAPTER XXXVII. — THE “PROMETHEUS.”

CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE SECRET.

CHAPTER XXXIX. — THE CAB.

CHAPTER XL. — DISCOVERIES.

CHAPTER XLI. — THEY MEET AGAIN.

CHAPTER XLII. — LANGHETTI’S ATTEMPT.

CHAPTER XLIII. — THE STRANGER.

CHAPTER XLIV. — THE STRANGER’S STORY.

CHAPTER XLV. — BEATRICE’S JOURNAL CONCLUDED.

CHAPTER XLVI. — THE LAST ESCAPE.

CHAPTER XLVII. — ROUSED AT LAST.

CHAPTER XLVIII. — WHO IS HE?

CHAPTER XLIX. — THE RUN ON THE BANK.

CHAPTER L. — THE BANK DIRECTORS.

CHAPTER LI. — A STRUGGLE.

CHAPTER LII. — FACE TO FACE.

CHAPTER LIII. — THE COTTAGE.

CHAPTER LIV. — THE WORM TURNS.

CHAPTER LV. — ON THE ROAD.

CHAPTER LVI. — FATHER AND SON.

CHAPTER LVII. — MRS. COMPTON’S SECRET.

CHAPTER LVIII. — THE MALAY’S VENGEANCE.

CHAPTER LIX. — {Greek: Deute teleutaion aspasmon domen.}

CHAPTER LX. — CONCLUSION.





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