“In Sargasso.”
Missing
A ROMANCE
Narrative of Capt. Austin Clark, of the Tramp Steamer
“Caribas,” who, for two years, was a Captive among
the Savage People of the Seaweed Sea.
BY
JULIUS CHAMBERS
Author of “A Mad World and Its People,” Etc., Etc., Etc.
MDCCCXCVI
THE TRANSATLANTIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
New York ~ London
Copyright, 1896
BY
The Transatlantic Publishing Company
CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | ||
| Preface, | [3] | |
| I. | A Knight Errant of the Sea, | [7] |
| II. | My Fatal Curiosity, | [10] |
| III. | I Am Betrayed, | [15] |
| IV. | The People of the Sea, | [21] |
| V. | Sargasson Manners and Customs, | [25] |
| VI. | Attack on the Caribas, | [33] |
| VII. | The Agony of Suspense, | [42] |
| VIII. | Fidette, | [50] |
| IX. | An Old Man’s Darling, | [59] |
| X. | Cooking for All, | [69] |
| XI. | “Music Hath Charms,” | [74] |
| XII. | Agony of a Jealous Heart, | [80] |
| XIII. | “The Week of Silence,” | [83] |
| XIV. | The Kantoon’s Displeasure, | [88] |
| XV. | The Chin-Goone Revolt, | [91] |
| XVI. | The Papier-Maché Oranges, | [99] |
| XVII. | The Spar Fight, | [105] |
| XVIII. | Fruit for Dead Men, | [111] |
| XIX. | Fidette Becomes Mine, | [116] |
| XX. | Making New Boats, | [122] |
| XXI. | I Become a Sargasson, | [130] |
| XXII. | A Solemn Ceremonial, | [137] |
| XXIII. | The New Life, | [143] |
| XXIV. | The Last of an Enemy, | [147] |
| XXV. | The Danger of an Idea, | [152] |
| XXVI. | The New Woman in Sargasso, | [156] |
| XXVII. | Even in Sargasso Doth Envy Find a Place, | [161] |
| XXVIII. | Plotting Treason, | [166] |
| XXIX. | The Caribas Under Steam, | [172] |
| XXX. | Farewell to the Floating Continent, | [178] |