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The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Maids of Paradise, by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Maids of Paradise Author: Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers Release Date: March 9, 2009 [eBook #28295] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MAIDS OF PARADISE*** E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team (http://www.pgdpcanada.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 28295-h.htm or 28295-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/8/2/9/28295/28295-h/28295-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/8/2/9/28295/28295-h.zip) THE MAIDS OF PARADISE A Novel by ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Author of "Cardigan" "The Conspirators" "Maid-at-Arms" etc. Illustrated [Illustration: "'LOOK THERE!' SHE CRIED, IN TERROR" [See p. 81]] [Illustration] New York and London Harper & Brothers Publishers 1903 Copyright, 1902, by Robert W. Chambers. All rights reserved. Published September, 1903. PREFACE As far as the writer knows, no treasure-trains were actually sent to the port of Lorient from the arsenal at Brest. The treasures remained at Brest. Concerning the German armored cruiser _Augusta_, the following are the facts: About the middle of December she forced the blockade at Wilhelmshafen and ran for Ireland, where, owing to the complaisance of the British authorities, she was permitted to coal. From there she steamed towards Brest, capturing a French merchant craft off that port, another near Rochefort, and finally a third. That ended her active career during the war; a French frigate chased her into the port of Vigo and kept her there. To conclude, certain localities and certain characters have been sufficiently disguised to render recognition improbable. This is proper because "The Lizard" is possibly alive to-day, as are also the mayor of Paradise, Sylvia Elven, Jacqueline, and Speed, the latter having barely escaped death in the _Virginius_ expedition.
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