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Title: Fire Mountain
A Thrilling Sea Story

Author: Norman Springer

Release Date: November 17, 2009 [EBook #30496]

Language: English

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FIRE MOUNTAIN

_A Thrilling Sea Story_

BY

NORMAN SPRINGER

AUTHOR OF "THE BLOOD SHIP"

NEW YORK

G. HOWARD WATT

558 MADISON AVENUE

1923

COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY

G. HOWARD WATT

_Printed in the United States of America_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER.

I. THE MISSION
II. THE WEEPING BOATSWAIN
III. THE HAPPY HUNCHBACK
IV. THE BLACK CRUISER
V. WILD BOB CAREW
VI. PRISONER
VII. THE MATE OF THE BRIG "COHASSET"
VIII. AROUND THE CABIN TABLE
IX. THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SMOKY SEA
X. THE WHALEMAN'S LOG
XI. THE CODE
XII. THE PASSAGE
XIII. FIRE MOUNTAIN
XIV. OUT OF THE FOG
XV. IN THE LAZARET
XVI. THREE GENTLEMEN CONVERSE
XVII. TWO MEN AND A MAID
XVIII. THROUGH THE ELEPHANT'S HEAD
XIX. THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS
XX. TREASURE CAVE
XXI. DECOY
XXII. TABLES TURNED
XXIII. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER I

THE MISSION

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years. Bright, aslant eyes, and a suave and ever-ready smile that
broke immediately Martin met his gaze.

"You will be so good as to inform the honorable that Dr. Ichi is here?"
he asked in precise and stilted voice.

Ever the same--the noiseless entry, the quietly spoken request for the
lawyer. Martin repressed a flash of irritation; the little Japanese,
with his uncanny soft-footedness and stereotyped address, got upon his
nerves. However, his