CORD AND CREESE

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. ]