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Title: The House Under the Sea
A Romance

Author: Sir Max Pemberton

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Language: English

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THE HOUSE UNDER THE SEA

A ROMANCE

BY

MAX PEMBERTON

Author of Kronstadt, The Phantom Army, Etc.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1902

Copyright, 1902 By MAX PEMBERTON

All rights reserved

Published September, 1902

[Illustration: "Shall we go, or stay?"]

CONTENTS

I.--IN WHICH JASPER BEGG MAKES KNOWN THE PURPOSE OF HIS VOYAGE TO THE
PACIFIC OCEAN, AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT THAT HE COMMISSIONED THE
STEAM-SHIP SOUTHERN CROSS THROUGH PHILIPS, WESTBURY, AND CO.

II.--WE GO ASHORE AND LEARN STRANGE THINGS

III.--IN WHICH JASPER BEGG MAKES UP HIS MIND WHAT TO DO

IV.--WE GO ABOARD, BUT RETURN AGAIN

V.--STRANGE SIGHTS ASHORE, AND WHAT WE SAW OF THEM

VI.--JASPER BEGG MEETS HIS OLD MISTRESS, AND IS WATCHED

VII.--IN WHICH HELP COMES FROM THE LAST QUARTER WE HAD EXPECTED IT

VIII.--THE BIRD'S NEST IN THE HILLS

IX.--WE LOOK OUT FOR THE SOUTHERN CROSS

X.--WE ARE SURELY CAGED ON KEN'S ISLAND

XI.--LIGHTS UNDER THE SEA

XII.--THE DANCING MADNESS

XIII.--THE STORM

XIV.--A WHITE POOL--AND AFTERWARDS

XV.--AN INTERLUDE, DURING WHICH WE READ IN RUTH BELLENDEN'S DIARY AGAIN

XVI.--ROSAMUNDA AND THE IRON DOORS

XVII.--IN WHICH JASPER BEGG ENTERS THE HOUSE UNDER THE SEA

XVIII.--CHANCE OPENS A GATE FOR JASPER BEGG, AND HE PASSES THROUGH

XIX.--WHICH SHOWS THAT A MAN WHO THINKS OF BIG THINGS SOMETIMES FORGETS
THE LITTLE ONES

XX.--THE FIRST ATTACK IS MADE BY CZERNY'S MEN

XXI.--WHICH BRINGS IN THE DAY AND WHAT BE