Miss Caprice

by St. George Rathborne

MISS CAPRICE

By ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE

Author of "Dr. Jack," "Dr. Jacks Wife," "Captain Tom," "Baron Sam," "Miss Pauline of New York," etc.

1893

[CHAPTER I.--"COWARD!"]
[CHAPTER II.--A DEADLY ENCOUNTER.]
[CHAPTER III.--SAVED BY FIRE.]
[CHAPTER IV.--A WORLD-WIDE SEARCH.]
[CHAPTER V.--THE PROFESSOR ACTS.]
[CHAPTER VI.--PAULINE POTTER'S HOUR COMES.]
[CHAPTER VII.--THE BEAUTIFUL TIGRESS.]
[CHAPTER VIII.--HER DEBT CANCELED.]
[CHAPTER IX.--BRAVO, PHILANDER!]
[CHAPTER X.--SPRUNG ALEAK!]
[CHAPTER XI.--AN UNWELCOME PASSENGER.]
[CHAPTER XII.--TO THE HOUSE OF BEN TALEB.]
[CHAPTER XIII.--A NIGHT IN ALGIERS.]
[CHAPTER XIV.--THE COMING OF MISS CAPRICE.]
[CHAPTER XV.--THE WRECKED STAGE.]
[CHAPTER XVI.--A FRENCH WARRIOR.]
[CHAPTER XVII.--ON TO THE METIDJA MINE]
[CHAPTER XVIII.--THE MODERN LEONIDAS.]
[CHAPTER XIX.--WAR—HORRID WAR!]
[CHAPTER XX.--THE COMING OF THE FRENCH ZOUAVES.]
[CHAPTER XXI.--SHE CALLS HIM JOHN NOW.]
[CHAPTER XXII.--THE WEAVER—FATE!]
[CHAPTER XXIII.--FOUND—IN THE HOUSE OF THE MOOR.]
[CHAPTER XXIV.--CONCLUSION.]

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CHAPTER I.

"COWARD!"

A little party of tourists might be seen one lovely day in January, on the hill back of the city of Valetta, on that gem of Mediterranean islands, Great Britain's Malta.

The air is as clear as a bell, and the scene is certainly one to charm the senses, with the blue Mediterranean, dotted with sails, a hazy line far, far away that may be the coast of Africa, the double harbor below, one known as Quarantine, where general trade is done, the other, Great Harbor, being devoted to government vessels.