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Facing the Flag by Jules Verne
[Redactor's Note: _Facing the Flag_ {number V044 in the T&M listing of Verne's works} is an anonymous translation of _Face au drapeau_ (1896) first published in the U.S. by F. Tennyson Neely in 1897, and later (circa 1903) republished from the same plates by Hurst and F.M. Lupton (Federal Book Co.). This is a different translation from the one published by Sampson & Low in England entitled _For the Flag_ (1897) translated by Mrs. Cashel Hoey.]
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FACING THE FLAG
BY
J U L E S V E R N E
AUTHOR OF "AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS"; "TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA"; "FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON," ETC.
New York
THE F. M. LUPTON PUBLISHING COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
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1897
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CONTENTS
CHAP
I. Healthful House
II. Count d'Artigas
III. Kidnapped
IV. The Schooner "Ebba"
V. Where am I.--(Notes by Simon Hart, the Engineer.)
VI. On Deck
VII. Two Days at Sea
VIII. Back Cup
IX. Inside Back Cup
X. Ker Karraje
XI. Five Weeks in Back Cup
XII. Engineer Serko's Advice
XIII. God Be with It
XIV. Battle Between the "Sword" and the Tug
XV. Expectation
XVI. Only a few more Hours
XVII. One against Five
XVIII. On Board the "Tonnant"
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FACING THE FLAG.
CHAPTER I.
HEALTHFUL HOUSE.
The _carte de visite_ received that day, June 15, 189-, by the director of the establishment of Healthful House was a very neat one, and simply bore, without escutcheon or coronet, the name:
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: Facing the Flag by Jules Verne
- 2: Which empties itself into Pamlico Sound
- 3: This person was a Frenchman named Thomas Roch
- 4: The fulgurator was a sort of auto propulsive engine
- 5: Offered the fulgurator to Germany
- 6: This guardian was known as Gaydon
- 7: And had you asked him the name of the captain of the Ebba
- 8: And Charleston in South Carolina
- 9: Is Thomas Roch never left alone
- 10: The first person they saw was the warder Gaydon
- 11: Get him to talk about his fulgurator
- 12: When it is worth a billion a billion a billion
- 13: As Spade joined them at the garden gate
- 14: Her sails neatly rolled upon her yards
- 15: The Ebba might have been brought much nearer to it
- 16: Gaydon was standing beside Thomas Roch
- 17: He then descended the steps and Gaydon
- 18: Thomas Roch and Gaydon were laid in the bottom of the boat
- 19: Which was very favorable to the Ebba
- 20: The passes of Pamlico Sound will be under observation
- 21: Beyond Sivan Island lighthouse is Ocracoke inlet
- 22: Conversing with Engineer Serko and Captain Spade
- 23: To search every vessel now anchored in Pamlico Sound
- 24: After the grand saloon and cabins
- 25: Who made it fast to the towline of the buoy
- 26: Can there be room for doubt that it was Thomas Roch
- 27: Thomas Roch was extended near me in the boat
- 28: How do I know that I am afloat on the Neuse
- 29: A mere hospital attendant one Gaydon
- 30: Instead of crossing Pamlico Sound
- 31: But if they have not condemned me to die of thirst
- 32: Thoroughly resolved not to fall asleep again
- 33: And yet the schooner speeds through the sea
- 34: That rich foreigner who abducted Thomas Roch
- 35: The port to which the schooner belongs
- 36: Engineer Serko and Captain Spade
- 37: And Thomas Roch is carried below
- 38: The bows of the Ebba are barred to me
- 39: The Ebba now has a slight list to port
- 40: Leaving me face to face with Engineer Serko
- 41: Under the direction of the boatswain Effrondat
- 42: Not only has the Ebba stopped
- 43: Almost immediately the Ebba gives a jerk
- 44: The Count d'Artigas and Engineer Serko remain aft
- 45: I know and recognize this islet
- 46: Caused a sensation throughout the Bermudas
- 47: Even if the Ebba was to anchor there which
- 48: Engineer Serko approaches me and says
- 49: Another noise made by the lid being raised
- 50: By preventing the tug from supplying them with provisions
- 51: I know these Kentucky grottoes
- 52: The grottoes of Gibraltar in Spain
- 53: Calculating from the number of cells in the Beehive
- 54: When illuminated by the electric lamps
- 55: Are in adjoining cells in rear of the Beehive
- 56: A little farther on I encounter Engineer Serko
- 57: Trophonius after Pluto and Neptune
- 58: That man's name was Ker Karraje
- 59: Of course the Ebba was among them
- 60: These details I have learned from Engineer Serko
- 61: The Count d'Artigas is Ker Karraje
- 62: I say to myself If Ker Karraje knows I am Simon Hart
- 63: Serko has conducted him over the whole cavern
- 64: It is equally likely that Ker Karraje
- 65: As the latter was lying alongside the jetty
- 66: Engineer Serko can hardly keep up with him
- 67: The manner of employing Roch's fulgurator is
- 68: If I had the honor to be Simon Hart
- 69: Is incontestably superior to any yet invented
- 70: Kept the secret of his deflagrator
- 71: Through the wall of the cavern
- 72: This orifice must be partly uncovered
- 73: The Ebba must be favored with beautiful weather
- 74: Engineer Serko himself was projected several yards
- 75: Were kidnapped and carried on board the schooner Ebba
- 76: If Ker Karraje ever gets hold of it
- 77: Engineer Serko accompanies him
- 78: Engineer Serko has remained behind
- 79: From where he was this man could not see the lagoon
- 80: We have come to rescue you from Ker Karraje
- 81: Thomas Roch and I were shut in
- 82: If you can point out just about where the tunnel is located
- 83: Gently the Sword moved towards the orifice
- 84: I went forward and rejoined Thomas Roch
- 85: Engineer Serko listens with profound attention
- 86: Continued Serko in his sarcastic way
- 87: Am permitted to wander freely about the cavern
- 88: I ventured to pump Engineer Serko about it
- 89: Engineer Serko remained silent
- 90: In front of which were Ker Karraje
- 91: Their confidence in Roch's fulgurator is absolute
- 92: Roch is shut up in his laboratory
- 93: The inventor waves the phial feverishly as he speaks
- 94: I do not know this Ker Karraje
- 95: But I afterwards find myself on the Beehive side
- 96: And at last I can distinguish the warships
- 97: At this moment Engineer Serko quits Ker Karraje
- 98: But I know that the warships will not retire
- 99: Ker Karraje and Engineer Serko run up
- 100: Resulted in the sending of five warships to Bermudan waters
- 101: He was conveyed on board the Tonnant