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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Corsair King, by Mor Jokai 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.net Title: The Corsair King Author: Mor Jokai Translator: Mary J. Safford Release Date: October 9, 2008 [EBook #26865] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CORSAIR KING *** Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: Cover of The Corsair King] The Corsair King (A KALOZ KIRALY) by Maurus Jokai Author of "Black Diamonds," "Manasseh," "The Baron's Sons," "Pretty Michal," etc. Translated by Mary J. Safford [Illustration] Boston L. C. Page & Company mdcccci Copyright, 1901, by L. C. Page & Company (Inc.) _All rights reserved_ The Heintzemann Press Boston WORKS OF MAURUS JOKAI MANASSEH THE BARON'S SONS PRETTY MICHAL THE CORSAIR KING MIDST THE WILD CARPATHIANS L. C. PAGE & COMPANY 200 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Contents CHAPTER PAGE I. CHOOSING A KING 11 II. IN HISPANIOLA 50 III. REVENGE 149 IV. RETRIBUTION 187 The CORSAIR KING Chapter I Choosing a King The storm had spent itself, the sea was calm again, and on its smooth surface tossed empty casks and shattered masts,--the monuments of shipwrecked vessels. The stormy petrels had vanished with the tempest, and the flying fish were now making their clumsy leaps from wave to wave,--a sign of fair weather. A brigantine which had outlived the gale was moving slowly over the almost unrippled surface of the water; all hands were engaged in repairing the damage occasioned by the storm; temporary masts were rigged, sails trimmed, the crew worked fairly hanging in the air; for the ship had heeled far over,--a proof that her ballast had shifted during the tempest. With the exception of the blows of the carpenter's hammer, and the creaking of the pumps, nothing was heard save the voice of the captain, who stood leaning against the mainmast trying to ascertain on a chart the place to which he had been driven by the storm. The movements of the needle
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