THE TRAGEDY OF IDA NOBLE
A NOVEL
BY
W. CLARK RUSSELL
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1892
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1892
Copyright, 1891,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
All rights reserved.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | A Yankee ruse | 5 |
| II. | The people of La Casandra | 33 |
| III. | Don Christoval's story | 59 |
| IV. | A midnight theft | 90 |
| V. | Madame | 123 |
| VI. | A tragedy | 154 |
| VII. | Don Lazarillo leaves us | 185 |
| VIII. | Ida Noble | 219 |
| IX. | Captain Noble | 249 |
THE TRAGEDY OF IDA NOBLE.
CHAPTER I.
A YANKEE RUSE.
On Monday, August 8th, 1838, the large bark Ocean Ranger, of which Iwas second mate, was in latitude 38° 40' N., and longitude 11° W. Thehour was four o'clock in the afternoon. I had come on deck to relievethe chief officer, who had had charge of the ship since twelve. It wasa very heavy day—a sullen sky of gray vapor seeming to overhang ourmastheads within pistol-shot of the trucks. From time to time there hadstolen from the far reaches of the ocean a note as of the groaning of atempest, but there had been no lightning; the w