EPILOGUE
The Sargasso Sea will soon be robbed of half its terrors. The Seashark Wrecking Company, with Howard at its head, and all his party as share-holders, has been formed to recover the great wealth still existing on the derelicts in the sea. It has opened communication with the wreck-pack by a paddle-wheel steamer that is expected to maintain a reasonably clear channel through the weed. The company is projecting a series of relief stations, and will keep up a constant patrol all round the wreck-pack. The expense, of course, will be enormous, but there is no doubt that the enterprise will meet it and will pay an enormous profit besides, even if not a single other treasure-ship is found.
A message just received by wireless from the sea says that the first steamer of the company is about to start back to New York with a tremendously valuable cargo of salvage. It adds that Forbes and all his men have begged for passage, and that it will be granted them. The money left on the galleon, which Forbes was forced to divide, has made them all comparatively rich, and they are anxious to get back to civilization to spend their money. Their departure leaves Howard and his friends with an undisputed title to the salvage of the Isle of Dead Ships.
THE END.
DELIGHTFULLY FASCINATING
The
Princess Dehra
By JOHN REED SCOTT
In which we meet again the characters of his dashing success, “The Colonel of the Red Huzzars” (Eleven editions).
MR. SCOTT displays uncommon dramatic skill in the handling of his characters—the same, by the way, as those who were met in his “Colonel of the Red Huzzars.” It is a continuation of that former dashing romance of an American army officer who turns out to have royal blood in his veins which eventually wins for him a throne and enthrones him in the heart of a charming princess; mystery, intrigue, plot, and counterplot, all are here, and the reader will find his attention held until the very last page, when loyalty and the wit of a woman triumph in the face of even “the Book of Laws” and a clever rascal.
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“Since Hope’s ‘Prisoner of Zenda,’ nothing better has been done than this new story by the author of ‘The Colonel of the Red Huzzars.’”—Cincinnati Enquirer.
“There are situations involving the principal characters which are ingenious in conception and cleverly woven into the story by essential and natural sequence, and at these situations the reader feels a desire to continue the story, even if the house be burning. He has produced a story that is interesting and exciting without being overdrawn.”—Boston Evening Transcript.
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THE DASHING NOVEL
THE
COLONEL
OF THE
RED HUZZARS
By
JOHN REED SCOTT
Stirring adventures, courtly intrigue, and fencing both of sword and wit, fill the pages of this story. The plot is built upon a wager between Major Dalberg, U. S. A., and a friend that within a certain time both would be dining with the king and dancing with the princess royal of Valeria. Strangely enough, Dalberg proves to be of the blood royal of Valeria, is reinstated into his ancestral rights, and when matters are about to reach a climax, the pretender steps in, and there ensues an encounter between American pluck and unscrupulous cleverness.
“There’s not a dull page in it.”—The Index, Pittsburg.
“A slap-dashing vacation-day romance.”—Evening Sun, New York.
“So naïvely fresh in its handling, so plausible through its naturalness, that it comes like a mountain breeze across the far-spreading desert of similar romances.”—Gazette-Times, Pittsburg.
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BEAU BROCADE
By BARONESS ORCZY
Author of “The Scarlet Pimpernel,” “I Will Repay,” etc.
A captivating romance of love and chivalry—the adventures of a charming highwayman of the days of the English Pretender.
“Faith and courage make the story of ‘Beau Brocade’ a very interesting one. The hero is delightfully fascinating—bubbling over with exuberance of youth; nothing is a hardship for him. He reminds one of Dumas’s famous D’Artagnan, and most especially in his fighting escapades. Gloriously dramatic is the fight in the forge, when, by his prowess, Beau Brocade holds at bay a lot of redcoats, escaping on his steed ‘Jack O’Lantern.’”—N. Y. American Book Review Contest.
“The story is so well told, so full of life and action, that one never loses interest from start to finish.”—Pittsburgh Dispatch.
“Let no one begin reading this tale late in the evening, for there is no stopping-place till the end, and the end is worth reaching.”—The Congregationalist, Boston.
“The illustrations in color are unusually attractive.”—Chicago Tribune.
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When Kings Go Forth
to Battle
By WILLIAM WALLACE WHITELOCK
Author of “The Literary Guillotine,” etc.
A small German principality is the seat of exciting warfare. An unscrupulous king and a conniving “minister of interior improvements” find their match in two invincible Americans who keep the secret of a young prince’s hiding-place, and with characteristic American energy join in a revolutionary plot to unseat the reigning monarch and place the prince upon the throne.
“A story that grasps our interest with its first chapter and causes us to follow breathlessly until the climax.”—Baltimore Sun.
“The prettily tinted illustrations by Frank H. Desch are particularly praiseworthy.”—Philadelphia Press.
“Told with energy and color, and it is well worth reading.”—San Francisco Argonaut.
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THE SMUGGLER
By ELLA MIDDLETON TYBOUT
Author of “The Wife of the Secretary of State” and “Poketown People.”
This is not, as the title might suggest, a tale of daring deeds on the deep, but a blithesome story of the adventures of three American girls while spending their summer vacation on a Canadian island. They become involved in a series of strange happenings by a band of clever smugglers who pose as their friends, using them as a blind in their smuggling operations. There is a pretty love story interwoven with mystery, adventure, and humor, that holds the reader’s interest from cover to cover.
“The characters are mightily convincing, and the rapid-action plot makes the most indifferent reader ‘sit up’ until he has devoured the last word.”—Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va.
“A happy blending of Stocktonesque humor and Anna Katherine Green mystery.”—New York Globe.
“A brightly written story for those who like light and agreeable fiction that is free from coarseness.”—Boston Budget and Beacon.
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The Affair at Pine Court
By NELSON RUST GILBERT
A truly American novel of love and mystery, taking place at the Adirondack lodge of a New York millionaire. It is a story of living people set against a background of October-painted forests, azure lakes, and limpid trout-streams.
The reader lives through such exciting days in the depths of this great forest, with characters so well drawn and so intensely human as to seem alive. The arrival of a German count gives direction and impetus to incipient love affairs. He arouses the greed of the humble natives by exhibiting the wonderful “Lens of the Gau” in the presence of his host’s butler. These envious enemies of the rich pleasure-seekers at the court put the house in a stage of siege, during which each guest displays his or her real character. The many incidents of the forest war are told with admirable skill, and a happily ending love affair keeps the reader’s attention taut and eager.
“A tale of mystery, crisply and briskly told.”—Leader, Cleveland.
“An unusual story in which the author has pictured real men, who ring true in the time of danger.”—Buffalo Express.
“A book whose plot is well conceived and wrought out, whose craftsmanship is excellent, and whose ability to hold the interest to the last page is undisputed.”—The Interior, Chicago.
“A book to be read not only for its strong human interest, but for its true picture of life in the Adirondacks.”—Argonaut, San Francisco.
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