Cord and Creese
CONTENTS
On the morning of July 21, 1840, the Daily News announced the arrival of the ship Rival at Sydney, New South Wales. As ocean steam navigation had not yet extended so far, the advent of this ship with the English mail created the usual excitement. An eager crowd beset the post-office, waiting for the delivery of the mail; and little knots at the street corners were busily discussing the latest hints at news which had been gathered from papers brought ashore by the officers or passengers.
At the lower end of King Street was a large warehouse, with an office at the upper extremity, over which was a new sign, which showed with newly gilded letters the words:
COMPTON & BRANDON.
The general appearance of the warehouse showed that Messrs. Compton and Brandon were probably commission merchants, general agents, or something of that sort.
On the morning mentioned two men were in the inner office of this warehouse. One was an elderly gentleman, with a kind, benevolent aspect, the senior partner of the firm. The other was the junior partner, and in every respect presented a marked contrast to his companion.
He had a face of rather unusual appearance, and an air which in England is usually considered foreign. His features were regular—a straight nose, wide brow, thin lips, and square, massive chin. His complexion was olive, and his eyes were of a dark hazel color, with a peculiarity about them which is not usually seen in the eye of the Teutonic or Celtic race, but is sometimes found among the people of the south of Europe, or in the East. It is difficult to find a name for this peculiarity. It may be seen sometimes in the gipsy; sometimes in the more successful among those who call themselves “spiritual mediums,” or among the more powerful mesmerizers. Such an eye belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte, whose glance at times could make the boldest and greatest among his marshals quail. What is it? Magnetism? Or the revelation of the soul? Or what?
James De Mille
CORD AND CREESE
CORD AND CREESE
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 XXXI. — PAOLO LANGHETTI.
CHAPTER XXXII. — FLIGHT.
CHAPTER XXXIII. — “PICKED UP ADRIFT.”
CHAPTER XXXIV. — ON THE TRACK.
CHAPTER XXXV. — BEATRICE’S RECOVERY.
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.