TO
A. CONAN DOYLE, ESQ.
WITH THE AUTHOR’S SINCEREST REGARDS AND THANKS FOR THE UNTIMELY DEMISE OF HIS GREAT DETECTIVE WHICH MADE THESE THINGS POSSIBLE
Contents
- Chapter
- [The Associated Shades Take Action]
- [The Stranger Unravels a Mystery and Reveals Himself]
- [The Search-Party is Organized]
- [On Board the House-Boat]
- [A Conference on Deck]
- [A Conference Below-Stairs]
- [The “Gehenna” is Chartered]
- [On Board the “Gehenna.”]
- [Captain Kidd Meets with an Obstacle]
- [A Warning Accepted]
- [Marooned]
- [The Escape and the End]
- Illustrations
- [“‘DR. JOHNSON’S POINT IS WELL TAKEN’”]
- [“‘WHAT HAS ALL THIS GOT TO DO WITH THE QUESTION?’”]
- [“POOR OLD BOSWELL WAS PUSHED OVERBOARD”]
- [“THE STRANGER DREW FORTH A BUNDLE OF BUSINESS CARDS”]
- [“THREE ROUSING CHEERS, LED BY HAMLET, WERE GIVEN”]
- [A BLACK PERSON BY THE NAME OF FRIDAY FINDS A BOTTLE]
- [“THE HARD FEATURES OF KIDD WERE THRUST THROUGH”]
- [“‘HERE’S A KETTLE OF FISH,’ SAID KIDD”]
- [MADAME RÉCAMIER HAS A PLAN]
- [“‘EVERY BLOOMIN’ MILLION WAS REPRESENTED BY A CERTIFIED CHECK, AN’ PAYABLE IN LONDON’”]
- [QUEEN ELIZABETH DESIRES AN AXE AND ONE HOUR OF HER OLDEN POWER]
- [“‘THE COMMITTEE ON TREACHERY IS READY TO REPORT’”]
- [“‘YOU ARE VERY MUCH MISTAKEN, SIR WALTER’”]
- [“IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT SHYLOCK HAD STOLEN UP THE GANG-PLANK”]
- [JUDGE BLACKSTONE REFUSES TO CLIMB TO THE MIZZENTOP]
- [SHEM IN THE LOOKOUT]
- [CAPTAIN KIDD CONSENTS TO BE CROSS-EXAMINED BY PORTIA]
- [KIDD’S COMPANIONS ENDEAVORING TO RESTORE EVAPORATED PORTIONS OF HIS ANATOMY WITH A STEAM-ATOMIZER]
- [“‘HE TOLD US WE WERE GOING TO PARIS’”]
- [“‘YOU ARE A VERY CLEAR-HEADED YOUNG WOMAN, LIZZIE,’ SAID MRS. NOAH”]
- [“‘THAT OUGHT TO BE A LESSON TO YOU’”]
- [“THE PIRATES MADE A MAD DASH DOWN THE ROUGH, ROCKY HILL-SIDE”]
- [“‘NOW, MY CHILD,’ SAID MRS. NOAH, FIRMLY, ‘I DO NOT WISH ANY WORDS’”]
- [“A GREAT HELPLESS HULK TEN FEET TO THE REAR”]