THE SMUGGLER OF KING’S COVE OR THE OLD CHAPEL MYSTERY BY SYLVANUS COBB, JR. AUTHOR OF “ORION, THE GOLD-BEATER,” “THE GUNMAKER OF MOSCOW,” “THE PAINTER OF PARMA,” ETC. ------- PHILADELPHIA: HENRY T. COATES & CO. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COPYRIGHT BY MARY I. COBB. COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY THE CASSELL PUBLISHING CO. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. ------- CHAPTER. PAGE I. OUR HERO MAKES TWO PROMISES, 1 II. A NEW LORD, 15 III. OUR HERO MEETS WITH AN ADVENTURE, 30 IV. DEAD MAN’S REEF, 43 V. OLD DONALD’S CONFESSION, 56 VI. ON WITCH’S CRAG, 69 VII. A SPECTER IN THE MONK’S CHAPEL, 83 VIII. LORD OAKLEIGH, 96 IX. A COMPROMISE, 110 X. A BROKEN HAND--A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY, 123 XI. IN THE SECRET CRYPT, 137 XII. AN EXPLORING EXPEDITION, 150 XIII. A STARTLING REVELATION, 164 XIV. AN ATTEMPT AT MURDER, 177 XV. CONSTERNATION AT THE CASTLE, 191 XVI. A TERRIBLE MOMENT, 205 XVII. A SURPRISE FOR ALL HANDS, 218 XVIII. MARGERY’S REVELATION, 233 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE SMUGGLER OF KING’S COVE; OR, The Old Chapel Mystery. ------- CHAPTER I. OUR HERO MAKES TWO PROMISES. We doubt if there is anywhere on the sea board of England another stretch of coast so wild and rugged, and so forbidding of aspect to navigators, as is that of Headlandshire--probably so called because of its numerous bold headlands overlooking the Irish Sea. Not far from midway of this stretch of coast is an inlet of the sea, called Raven Bay; and from this bay there is still another inlet, narrow and dubious of entrance, but deep and broad within, called King’s Cove.