NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1911

Copyright, 1911
By DUFFIELD & COMPANY


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Jean François de Nantes[1]
II.A Secret of the Sea[8]
III.Evening[15]
IV.Spanish Gold[19]
V.Amidst the Bushes[27]
VI.Alone[30]
VII.The Boat[42]
VIII.The Escape[49]
IX.A Star on the Sea[53]
X.Like a Thief in the Night[56]
XI.Captain Sagesse[61]
XII.Rum[65]
XIII.La Belle Arlésienne[71]
XIV.The Money Changer[76]
XV.The Magic Town[83]
XVI.Rue Victor Hugo[89]
XVII.The Bells and the Rain[102]
XVIII.Love[106]
XIX.Marie of Morne Rouge[122]
XX.Fate[130]
XXI.The Fleur d’Amour[134]
XXII.The Road to Grande Anse[139]
XXIII.They Meet[144]
XXIV.Flower of Light[157]
XXV.Simon Serpente[160]
XXVI.Skeleton Island[182]
XXVII.The Garden of Love[186]
XXVIII.The Fateful Light[192]
XXIX.The Sailing of La Belle Arlésienne[198]
XXX.Pedro[202]
XXXI.A Fort de France, Ay, Ho![208]
XXXII.The Fo’cs’le[211]
XXXIII.The Revolver[215]
XXXIV.The Vision of Treasure[221]
XXXV.The Landing[230]
XXXVI.The Skulls[236]
XXXVII.Sagesse is Cornered[240]
XXXVIII.The Awakening[243]
XXXIX.Disaster[249]
XL.The Passing of Sagesse[257]
XLI.Treasure[264]
XLII.The Morning Sea[275]
XLIII.Deliverance[283]
XLIV.Simon Stock[287]
XLV.Mount Pelée[293]
XLVI.Ashes[299]
XLVII.The Footstep in the Dust[302]

THE SHIP OF CORAL

CHAPTER I
JEAN FRANÇOIS DE NANTES JEAN FRANÇOIS—JEAN FRANÇOIS