Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE PEARL FISHERS

H. DE VERE STACPOOLE

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BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE PRESENTATION

_A Romance of Old Paris_

The scene of this romantic story is laid in Paris and its time is in the year 1770. The central figure is Comte de Rochefort, who chances to discover a plot to prevent Mme. du Barry from being presented at court. Later he has a night adventure which throws him into Mme. du Barry's party while it is on its way to the court, and he aids the Chief of Police of Paris to outwit those who had plotted against the lady.

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JOHN LANE COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

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THE PEARL FISHERS

by

H. DE VERE STACPOOLE

Author of "The Presentation," "The Blue Lagoon," etc.

New York John Lane Company MCMXV

Copyright, 1915 By Street & Smith

Copyright, 1915 BY JOHN LANE COMPANY

Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. ALONE 9
II. THE ISLAND 16
III. THE SECRET OF THE LAGOON 29
IV. SCHUMER'S STORY 37
V. DREDGING 44
VI. RISK OF WAR 53
VII. THE BLACK PEARL 65
VIII. THE LAST OF THE WRECK 69
IX. A WEEK'S WORK 77
X. THE SCHOONER 79
XI. THE PUNISHMENT 100
XII. THE POWER OF SCHUMER 103
XIII. THE HOUSE 114
XIV. MOSTLY ABOUT PEARLS 118
XV. PLANS 127
XVI. SCHUMER GOES AWAY 131
XVII. THE FIRST OF THE TWO PEARLS 135
XVIII. THE VANISHING OF ISBEL 144
XIX. THE MIRACLE 152
XX. THE TROUBLE WITH SRU 158
XXI. BEFORE THE ATTACK 164
XXII. THE GREAT FIGHT 179
XXIII. DAYBREAK 191
XXIV. HAKLUYT 205
XXV. ORDERED TO SYDNEY 209
XXVI. GOOD-BY 214
XXVII. SYDNEY 218
XXVIII. CARDON 232
XXIX. PETER WILLIAMS 243
XXX. THE OPEN SEA 252
XXXI. THE ISLAND 267
XXXII. ENVOI 301

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