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Out of the foam. A novel

John Esten Cooke · 1901 · Scanned text · Free in the US

61,370 words · about 4 h 18 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
John Esten Cooke
Language
English
Published
1901
Length
61,370 words · about 4 h 18 min
Sections
7 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (7)

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Front matter

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Part I. The Attack On Westbrooks Ttat.t^

ETWAPM5R. PAO&

L — The Beacon • 9

IL — The Solitary Woman and her Visitor . IS

III. — The Gypsy ...... 19

IV. — The Odor of Death • • ... 26

V. — The Bende«rvoua 83

VX — Sir Murdaugh’s Midnight Visitor . . 41

VTL — What Earle saw from his Hiding-place . 46

VIII. — The Wolf-Hound 63

IX. — How Earle Staggered and Fell, Uttering a Cry of Triumph 67

3L — How the Sailor Earle became one of the

“ Wolvee n 65

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CONTENTS.

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Chapter. Pass

XL — Ellinor Maverick . » * r 73

XII. — “It is Time!” 80

XIII. — The Man in the Coach .... 84

XIV. — The Night March, and its Object . . 91

XV. — The Viscount Cecil 98

XVL — The Attack and Pursuit .... 103 XVIL — Qoliath . • * • . ■ • 112

Part II. The Blood-hound

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IL — The Baronet and the Solitary . . . 129

ILL — What One Woman is capable of toward

IV. - - The Sailor and his Ship .... 149

V. — Earle’s Design . . . . . . 164

VI. — The Witness . . .... 158

VTL — The Denunciation • • • • • 162

VIII. — The Blood-Hound 170

IX. — What Followed 177

X. — The Flag with the Lilies . . . .183

CONTENTS.

Part III. Bueied Alive

SHATTlHi. PxUR.

L — Baron Delamere • . . • . 189

IL — The Mutilated Register .... 198

III. — The Revelation 203

IV. — The Discovery 207

V. — The Blow of the Whip .... 213

VL — The Mad Dog 219

VII. — The Burial of the Wolf • • • • 224

VHI. — The Chase 228

XL — The Mystery of the Dead Bodies . . 233

X — The Den of the Wolf .... 839

XI. — Kidnapped ..•••• 243

XII. — Master and Man 247

XIII. — A Tigress 251

XIV. — The Intruder 258

XV. — The Rifled Grave 269

XVI. — The Attack of the Wolves . . . 277

XV IL — The News from Franco .... 283

XVIII. — The Crisis 288

XTX. — The Path to Wentworth Castle . . 293

XX. - - What the Gypsy Woman had Seen . . 299

XXI. — The Love of an Old Man for a Girl . . 804

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XXII. — The Bludgeon and the Rope . . •

XXIIL — The Maverick Vault .... XXIV. — The Man from Wentworth Castle , •

XXV. — The Wedding at Llangollen . c •

XXVL — The Vengeance of a Blood-Hound . £XVn — The Wolves celebrate the Marriage of their

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