The Son Of Monte Cristo Part 1 (1/2)

The Son of Monte Cristo

by Jules Lermina

”The Son of Monte-Cristo” stands at the head of all exciting and absorbing novels It is the sequel to ”The Wife of Monte-Cristo,” and the end of the continuation of Alexander Dumas' phenomenal romance of ”The Count of Monte-Cristo” Like its renowned predecessors, it absolutely swar and drainal and delightful The spell of fascination is cast over the reader in the opening chapter and remains unbroken to the end It deals chiefly with the astounding career of Esperance, Monte-Cristo's son, whose heroic devotion to Jane Zeld is one of theand roeria have a wild charle with the Sultan on the oasis in the desert Haydee's experience in the slaveand realistic, while the episodes in which the Count of Monte-Cristo figures are exceedingly graphic The entire novel is powerful and interesting in the extreme That it will be read by all who have read ”The Count of Monte-Cristo” and will delight them is certain

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WM L ALLISON COMPANY,

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T B PETERSON & BROTHERS

_”The Son of Monte-Cristo,” the sequel to ”The Wife of Monte-Cristo,”

and end of the continuation of Dumas' masterwork, ”The Count of Monte-Cristo,” is in all respects a great novel Roree, powerful in the widest sense of the ter, it is a work absolutely without parallel at the present day Every chapter has a strong and stirring feature of its ohile all the legions of intensely thrilling incidents are as original and surprising as they are strong The hero is Esperance, the son of the Count of Monte-Cristo, who is followed from boyhood to the close of his wonderful and unprecedented career His varied and re episodes never equalled in fiction, while his love for the unfortunate Jane Zeld and the strange coives rise are depicted in thefashi+on The Count of Monte-Cristo and Haydee also have thrilling adventures, and Mercedes, Benedetto, Sanselain appear The hosts of admirers of ”The Count of Monte-Cristo” should read ”The Son of Monte-Cristo,” as well as all who relish a novel of rare hted with it_

_”The Son of Monte-Cristo” stands at the head of all exciting and absorbing novels It is the sequel to ”The Wife of Monte-Cristo,” and the end of the continuation of that phenomenal romance, Alexander Dumas'

”Count of Monte-Cristo” Like its renowned predecessors, it absolutely swar and drainal and delightful The spell of fascination is cast over the reader in the opening chapter and remains unbroken to the end

It deals chiefly with the astounding career of Esperance, Monte-Cristo's son, whose heroic devotion to Jane Zeld is one of theand roeria have a wild charle with the Sultan on the oasis in the desert Haydee's experience in the slaveand realistic, while the episodes in which the Count of Monte-Cristo figures are exceedingly graphic The entire novel is powerful and interesting in the extreme

That it will be read by all who have read ”The Count of Monte-Cristo”

and will delight them is certain_

CHAPTER I

ESPERANCE, THE SON OF MONTE-CRISTO

Esperance, the son of Monte-Cristo, lay sleeping in the comfortable bed provided for him in the house of Fanfar, the French colonist, as related at the close of the preceding volume, ”The Wife of Monte-Cristo” The prostration and exhaustion brought on by the exciteue of his terrible adventure with the remorseless Khouans rendered his sleep as leaden as the sleep of death; indeed, had it not been for his heavy respiration, he ht have been mistaken for a corpse But ordinary difficulties were not to conquer the heroic son of Monte-Cristo, who seey of his noble father, and as he lay there in the hot Algerian night, amid the balmy perfume of the luxuriant tropical flowers, a mysterious smile hovered about the corners of his sharply cut lips that told unmistakably of a fearless nature and a firood and the true Esperance slept, and the lion in him was dormant; it was, however, destined soon to be aroused

In another roouests were seated, the Count of Monte-Cristo occupying the place of honor The colonist, at the urgent solicitation of those hoht in contact, was about to relate the story of his life, when suddenly Monte-Cristo's quick ear caught a sound

”What was that?” he said in a startled whisper, instantly springing to his feet

”I heard nothing,” said Fanfar

”It was, perhaps, the cry of soested Captain Joliette

Monte-Cristo hastened to his son's apartment, followed by Fanfar, Captain Joliette and Coucon, the Zouave