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A CORSICAN CHANT. If one could rise in the air like a bird and look down upon the island of Corsica, he might think that he saw before him the petrified skeleton of some great marine monster. From n…
CROMILLIAN, THE MORAL BANDIT. When Cromillian uttered his fervent invocation to his gun and then discharged both barrels into the air, he may have thought that his lieutenant, Paoli, would have sign…
“TO SEE IS TO LOVE!” The post-chaises which conveyed Count Mont d’Oro and Thomas Glynne reached Marseilles two days sooner than did the slow-moving vehicle in which Jack De Vinne was a passenger. Th…
A FLOWER WITH BLOOD-STAINED PETALS. Bertha Renville was seated alone in the beautiful boudoir of Countess Mont d’Oro. She had just received a long and interesting letter from Mrs. Clarence Glynne, t…
A DUEL IN THE DARK. Victor’s horse was in a decidedly jaded condition when he reached the hotel at Ajaccio. The young Lieutenant at once sought an interview with the Admiral and his daughter, and co…
ANCESTRAL PRIDE. Ajaccio , Alfieri, and Cromillian’s camp formed the angles of an equilateral triangle; in other words, it was about five miles from Ajaccio to Alfieri; it was another five miles from…
A LIFE FOR A LIFE. “Where were you last night?” asked Helen of her father, the morning after the duel. “I had one of my nervous attacks and went to your room to get the remedy which I knew was in yo…
A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD. While Victor and Vivienne were participants in the exciting events which took place in the maquis , Bertha Renville was seated in the cosey little room which had been assign…
THE AVENGER OF BLOOD. No two individuals could be more dissimilar as regards the essentials which enter into the composition of human character, than Helen Enright and Vivienne Batistelli. Helen’s e…
“WHO IS MASTER HERE?” At the Count’s request, Villefort accompanied him home and assisted him to his room. The Count’s next desire was that he would summon the physician who was attendant upon him, …
