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A Desert Drama, by A. Conan Doyle
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Title: A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko"
Author: A. Conan Doyle
Illustrator: S. Paget
Release Date: June 8, 2007 [EBook #21768]
Language: English
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A DESERT DRAMA
BEING
The Tragedy of the Korosko
BY
A. CONAN DOYLE
WITH THIRTY-TWO FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY S. PAGET
PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1898
[Illustration: Frontispiece p78]
[Illustration: Titlepage]
TO MY FRIEND JAMES PAYN IN TOKEN OF MY AFFECTION AND ESTEEM
PREFACE
This book has been materially enlarged and altered since its appearance in serial form
A. Conan Doyle
October 17, 1897
CHAPTER I
The public may possibly wonder why it is that they have never heard in the papers of the fate of the passengers of the Korosko. In these days of universal press agencies, responsive to the slightest stimulus, it may well seem incredible that an international incident of such importance should remain so long unchronicled. Suffice it that there were very valid reasons, both of