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THE MYSTERY

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"And you know a heap too much"

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THE MYSTERY

BY

STEWART EDWARD WHITE

AND

SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS

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Illustrations by Will Crawford


NEW YORK
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
MCMVII

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Copyright 1907
by McClure, Phillips & Co.
Published January 1907

Copyright 1906 by Colver Publishing House
Copyright IQO? by The Phillips Publishing Co.

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CONTENTS


PART ONE

THE SEA RIDDLE

  1. chapterpage
  2. I.Desert Seas3
  3. II.The "Laughing Lass"11
  4. III.The Death ship19
  5. IV.The Second Prize Crew25
  6. V.The Disappearance32
  7. VI.The Castaways38
  8. VII.The Free Lance49

PART TWO

THE BRASS BOUND CHEST

Being the story told by Ralph Slade, Free Lance, to the officers of the United States Cruiser "Wolverine."

  1. I.The Barbary Coast57
  2. II.The Graven Image71
  3. III.The Twelve Repeating Rifles80
  4. IV.The Steel Claw89
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    1. V.The Philosopher's Stone94
    2. VI.The Island105
    3. VII.Captain Selover Loses his Nerve113
    4. VIII.Wrecking of the "Golden Horn"124
    5. IX.The Empty Brandy Bottle133
    6. X.Change of Masters138
    7. XI.The Corrosive145
    8. XII."Old Scrubs" Comes Ashore162
    9. XIII.I Make my Escape174
    10. XIV.An Adventure in the Night178
    11. XV.Five Hundred Yards' Range183
    12. XVI.The Murder189
    13. XVII.The Open Sea193
    14. XVIII.The Catastrophe201

    PART THREE

    THE MAROON

    1. I.In the Wardroom211
    2. II.The Jolly Roger217
    3. III.The Cache224
    4. IV.The Twin Slabs230
    5. V.The Pinwheel Volcano238
    6. VI.Mr. Darrow Receives245
    7. VII.The Survivors254
    8. VIII.The Maker of Marvels260
    9. IX.The Achievement269
    10. X.The Doom278
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ILLUSTRATIONS

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  4. A schooner comporting herself in a manner uncommon on the Pacific14
  5. A man who was a bit of a mechanic was set to work to open the chest30
  6. "Where we goin'?" "I brefer not to say".60
  7. Slowly the man defined himself as a shape takes form in a fog74
  8. "The spirit of the wild beast, cowed but snarling still"94
  9. "These sheep had become as wild as deer"136
  10. "Drop it, you fool!"142
  11. "I jerked out the short-barrelled Colt and turned it loose in their faces"168
  12. "You good fellowsh, ain't you?"172
  13. The firing now became miscellaneous. No one paid any attention to any one else186
  14. With a strangled cry the sailor cast the shirt from him222
  15. The finding of the two slabs236
  16. "Sorry not to have met you at the door," he said courteously250
  17. "It was my duty to follow on and drag him away when he fell unconscious"266
  18. He floated the model in the tub284

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