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The Mystery (1907)
Samuel Hopkins Adams and Stewart Edward White, illustrated by Will Crawford
Part I: Chap. 1
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New York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co., 1907.

A merchant ship on the Pacific sights a strange vessel moving along with its sails set, but apparently deserted by its crew. A careful investigation shows absolutely no cause for the abandonment, so a crew from the merchantman is placed in charge, and the two vessels proceed on their way. During the ensuing night a storm springs up and the ships are driven miles apart. A day or two later the stranger is again sighted, but signalling brings from her no response, and a second crew that is sent aboard finds the fires still burning and the same terrible and inexplicable absence of human life. A call for volunteers brings to the front a few resolute spirits, who are installed on the mysterious vessel as a third crew. Again there comes up a storm, in which the stranger vanishes and is never heard of more. Add to this the phenomenon of a nebulous light on the horizon and you have substantially the problem which confronts the officers of the United States cruiser Wolverine … —extract from the review in The Bookman, March 1907 (Full review(s) on the Talk page)

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THE MYSTERY

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"And you know a heap too much"

[Page 201]

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THE MYSTERY

BY

STEWART EDWARD WHITE

AND

SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS

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 Seas 3
  3. II. The "Laughing Lass" 11
  4. III. The Death ship 19
  5. IV. The Second Prize Crew 25
  6. V. The Disappearance 32
  7. VI. The Castaways 38
  8. VII. The Free Lance 49

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 Coast 57
  2. II. The Graven Image 71
  3. III. The Twelve Repeating Rifles 80
  4. IV. The Steel Claw 89
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  5. V. The Philosopher's Stone 94
  6. VI. The Island 105
  7. VII. Captain Selover Loses his Nerve 113
  8. VIII. Wrecking of the "Golden Horn" 124
  9. IX. The Empty Brandy Bottle 133
  10. X. Change of Masters 138
  11. XI. The Corrosive 145
  12. XII. "Old Scrubs" Comes Ashore 162
  13. XIII. I Make my Escape 174
  14. XIV. An Adventure in the Night 178
  15. XV. Five Hundred Yards' Range 183
  16. XVI. The Murder 189
  17. XVII. The Open Sea 193
  18. XVIII. The Catastrophe 201

PART THREE

THE MAROON

  1. I. In the Wardroom 211
  2. II. The Jolly Roger 217
  3. III. The Cache 224
  4. IV. The Twin Slabs 230
  5. V. The Pinwheel Volcano 238
  6. VI. Mr. Darrow Receives 245
  7. VII. The Survivors 254
  8. VIII. The Maker of Marvels 260
  9. IX. The Achievement 269
  10. X. The Doom 278
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ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. FACING PAGE
  2. "And you know a heap too much" Frontispiece
  3. FACING PAGE
  4. A schooner comporting herself in a manner uncommon on the Pacific 14
  5. A man who was a bit of a mechanic was set to work to open the chest 30
  6. "Where we goin'?" "I brefer not to say". 60
  7. Slowly the man defined himself as a shape takes form in a fog 74
  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 else 186
  14. With a strangled cry the sailor cast the shirt from him 222
  15. The finding of the two slabs 236
  16. "Sorry not to have met you at the door," he said courteously 250
  17. "It was my duty to follow on and drag him away when he fell unconscious" 266
  18. He floated the model in the tub 284

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

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