Cord and Creese

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Cord and Creese by James De Mille.

Contents

• CORD AND CREESE5
• CORD AND CREESE10
• CHAPTER I. — THE LETTER FROM BEYOND THE SEA.11
• CHAPTER II. — A LIFE TRAGEDY.20
• CHAPTER III. — “A MAN OVERBOARD!”29
• CHAPTER IV. — SINKING IN DEEP WATERS.40
• CHAPTER V. — THE MYSTERY OF COFFIN ISLAND.46
• CHAPTER VI. — THE DWELLER IN THE SUNKEN SHIP.55
• CHAPTER VII. — MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN A BOTTLE.63
• CHAPTER VIII. — THE SIGNAL OF FIRE.72
• CHAPTER IX. — THE MALAY PIRATE85
• CHAPTER X. — BEATRICE.96
• CHAPTER XI. — THE IMPROVISATORE.105
• CHAPTER XII. — THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.113
• CHAPTER XIII. — THE BADINAGE OF OLD FRIENDS.126
• CHAPTER XIV. — TWO LETTERS.137
• CHAPTER XV. — JOURNAL OF PAOLO LANGHETTI.143
• CHAPTER XVI. — HUSBAND AND WIFE.158
• CHAPTER XVII. — THE SHADOW OF THE AFRICAN FOREST.168
• CHAPTER XVIII. — INQUIRIES.180
• CHAPTER XIX. — THE DEAD ALIVE.196
• CHAPTER XX. — FRANK’S STORY.202
• CHAPTER XXI. — THE DIVING BUSINESS.211
• CHAPTER XXII. — THE ISLET OF SANTA CRUZ.216
• CHAPTER XXIII. — THE OCEAN DEPTHS.222
• CHAPTER XXIV. — BEATRICE’S JOURNAL238
• CHAPTER XXV. — THE BYZANTINE HYMNISTS.255
• CHAPTER XXVI. — CLASPED HANDS.266
• CHAPTER XXVII. — JOURNAL OF PAOLO LANGHETTI.271
• CHAPTER XXVIII. — THIS MUST END.284
• CHAPTER XXIX. — BEATRICE’S JOURNAL.287
• CHAPTER XXX. — SMITHERS & CO.293
• CHAPTER XXXI. — PAOLO LANGHETTI.307
• CHAPTER XXXII. — FLIGHT.311
• CHAPTER XXXIII. — “PICKED UP ADRIFT.”320
• CHAPTER XXXIV. — ON THE TRACK.326
• CHAPTER XXXV. — BEATRICE’S RECOVERY.332
• CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE AFFAIRS OF SMITHERS & CO.340
• CHAPTER XXXVII. — THE “PROMETHEUS.”351
• CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE SECRET.357
• CHAPTER XXXIX. — THE CAB.362
• CHAPTER XL. — DISCOVERIES.367
• CHAPTER XLI. — THEY MEET AGAIN.372
• CHAPTER XLII. — LANGHETTI’S ATTEMPT.382
• CHAPTER XLIII. — THE STRANGER.387
• CHAPTER XLIV. — THE STRANGER’S STORY.395
• CHAPTER XLV. — BEATRICE’S JOURNAL CONCLUDED.400
• CHAPTER XLVI. — THE LAST ESCAPE.405
• CHAPTER XLVII. — ROUSED AT LAST.410
• CHAPTER XLVIII. — WHO IS HE?415
• CHAPTER XLIX. — THE RUN ON THE BANK.420
• CHAPTER L. — THE BANK DIRECTORS.429
• CHAPTER LI. — A STRUGGLE.432
• CHAPTER LII. — FACE TO FACE.437
• CHAPTER LIII. — THE COTTAGE.448
• CHAPTER LIV. — THE WORM TURNS.451
• CHAPTER LV. — ON THE ROAD.455
• CHAPTER LVI. — FATHER AND SON.460
• CHAPTER LVII. — MRS. COMPTON’S SECRET.465
• CHAPTER LVIII. — THE MALAY’S VENGEANCE.475
• CHAPTER LIX. — {Greek: Deute teleutaion aspasmon domen.}478
• CHAPTER LX. — CONCLUSION.482
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE486

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