Chapter I: Front Matter

THE SHIP OF CORAL

_BY DR. STACPOOLE_

The Crimson Azaleas
The Blue Lagoon
Garryowen
The Pools of Silence
The Drums of War
Patsy
Poems and Ballads

THE
SHIP OF CORAL

BY
H. DE VERE STACPOOLE

NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1911

COPYRIGHT, 1911
BY DUFFIELD & COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. JEAN FRANÇOIS DE NANTES 1

II. A SECRET OF THE SEA 8

III. EVENING 15

IV. SPANISH GOLD 19

V. AMIDST THE BUSHES 27

VI. ALONE 30

VII. THE BOAT 42

VIII. THE ESCAPE 49

IX. A STAR ON THE SEA 53

X. LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT 56

XI. CAPTAIN SAGESSE 61

XII. RUM 65

XIII. LA BELLE ARLÉSIENNE 71

XIV. THE MONEY CHANGER 76

XV. THE MAGIC TOWN 83

XVI. RUE VICTOR HUGO 89

XVII. THE BELLS AND THE RAIN 102

XVIII. LOVE 106

XIX. MARIE OF MORNE ROUGE 122

XX. FATE 130

XXI. THE FLEUR D’AMOUR 134

XXII. THE ROAD TO GRANDE ANSE 139

XXIII. THEY MEET 144

XXIV. FLOWER OF LIGHT 157

XXV. SIMON SERPENTE 160

XXVI. SKELETON ISLAND 182

XXVII. THE GARDEN OF LOVE 186

XXVIII. THE FATEFUL LIGHT 192

XXIX. THE SAILING OF LA BELLE ARLÉSIENNE 198

XXX. PEDRO 202

XXXI. A FORT DE FRANCE, AY, HO! 208

XXXII. THE FO’CS’LE 211

XXXIII. THE REVOLVER 215

XXXIV. THE VISION OF TREASURE 221

XXXV. THE LANDING 230

XXXVI. THE SKULLS 236

XXXVII. SAGESSE IS CORNERED 240

XXXVIII. THE AWAKENING 243

XXXIX. DISASTER 249

XL. THE PASSING OF SAGESSE 257

XLI. TREASURE 264

XLII. THE MORNING SEA 275

XLIII. DELIVERANCE 283

XLIV. SIMON STOCK 287

XLV. MOUNT PELÉE 293

XLVI. ASHES 299

XLVII. THE FOOTSTEP IN THE DUST 302

THE SHIP OF CORAL