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Title: The Iron Pirate
A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea

Author: Max Pemberton

Release Date: September 3, 2008 [EBook #26514]

Language: English

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THE IRON PIRATE

_UNIFORM WITH THIS WORK._

KRONSTADT. By Max Pemberton.

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_Other Works by the same Author._

RED MORN.
THE GIANT'S GATE.
THE GARDEN OF SWORDS.
A PURITAN'S WIFE.
THE SEA WOLVES.
THE IMPREGNABLE CITY.
THE LITTLE HUGUENOT.

CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED.

[Illustration: THE IRON PIRATE (_p._ 124).]

THE ...
IRON PIRATE

A PLAIN TALE OF STRANGE
HAPPENINGS ON THE SEA

MAX PEMBERTON

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED
LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE
MCMV. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

First Edition 1893.
_Reprinted_ 1894, _March and July_ 1895, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1905.

Popular Edition _July_ 1899.
_Reprinted August, September and October_ 1899, _February and July_
1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904.

Pocket Edition _August_, 1905.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Perfect Fool asks a Favour 1
II. I Meet Captain Black 13
III. "Four-Eyes" delivers a Message 31
IV. A Strange Sight on the Sea 43
V. The Writing of Martin Hall 59
VI. I Engage a Second Mate 92
VII. The Beginning of the Great Pursuit 101
VIII. I Dream of Paolo 114
IX. I Fall in with the Nameless Ship 123
X. The Spread of the Terror 140
XI. The Ship in the Black Cloak 153
XII. The Drinking Hole in the Bowery 166
XIII. Astern of the "Labrador" 180
XIV. A Cabin in Scarlet 193
XV. The Prison of Steel