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MONTE-CRISTO'S DAUGHTER.

SEQUEL TO

ALEXANDER DUMAS'

GREAT NOVEL, THE "COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO," AND CONCLUSION OF "EDMOND
DANTES."

BY

EDMUND FLAGG

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"MONTE-CRISTO'S DAUGHTER," a wonderfully brilliant, original,
exciting and absorbing novel, is the Sequel to "The Count of
Monte-Cristo," Alexander Dumas' masterwork, and the continuation
and conclusion of that great romance, "Edmond Dantes." It possesses
rare power, unflagging interest and an intricate plot that for
constructive skill and efficient development stands unrivalled.
Zuleika, the beautiful daughter of Monte-Cristo and Haydee, is the
heroine, and her suitor, the Viscount Giovanni Massetti, an ardent,
impetuous young Roman, the hero. The latter, through a flirtation
with a pretty flower-girl, Annunziata Solara, becomes involved in a
maze of suspicion that points to him as an abductor and an
assassin, causes his separation from Zuleika and converts him into
a maniac. The straightening out of these tangled complications
constitutes the main theme of the thrilling book. The novel abounds
in ardent love scenes and stirring adventures. The Count of
Monte-Cristo figures largely in it, and numerous Monte-Cristo
characters are introduced. "MONTE-CRISTO'S DAUGHTER" is the latest
addition to Petersons' famous series, consisting of "The Count of
Monte-Cristo," "Edmond Dantes," "The Countess of Monte-Cristo,"
"The Wife of Monte-Cristo," and "The Son of Monte-Cristo."

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NEW YORK:

WM. L. ALLISON COMPANY

PUBLISHERS.




CONTENTS

Chapter.                                      Page.
      I. MONTE-CRISTO AND THE PRIMA DONNA        21

     II. A STRANGELY SENT EPISTLE                33

    III. THE INTRUDER IN THE CONVENT GARDEN      45

     IV. A STORMY INTERVIEW                      57

      V. ANNUNZIATA SOLARA                       69

     VI. THE POWER OF A NAME                     81

    VII. IN THE PEASANT'S HUT                    91

   VIII. A SYLVAN IDYL                          101

     IX. THE ABDUCTION                          112

      X. THE COUNTESS OF MONTE-CRISTO           130

     XI. THE BEGGAR AND HIS MATES               142

    XII. FATHER AND DAUGHTER                    156

   XIII. MORCERF'S ADVENTURE                    166

    XIV. ZULEIKA AND MME. MORREL                183

     XV. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING                  195

    XVI. AMID THE COLOSSEUM'S RUINS             206

   XVII. PEPPINO'S STORY                        218

  XVIII. MORE OF PEPPINO'S STORY                228

    XIX. THE MANIAC OF THE COLOSSEUM            238

     XX. THE ISLE OF MONTE-CRISTO               248

    XXI. ZULEIKA LEARNS THE TRUTH               264

  XXII. THE WONDROUS PHYSICIAN                  274

 XXIII. A MODERN MIRACLE                        285

  XXIV. A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER                   296

   XXV. A VISIT TO THE REFUGE                   306

  XXVI. VAMPA AND MONTE-CRISTO                  316

 XXVII. THE BANDITS' REPRISALS                  326

XXVIII. THE RAID ON THE BANDITS                 336

  XXIX. VAMPA'S TRIAL                           346

   XXX. JOY UNBOUNDED                           363




MONTE-CRISTO'S DAUGHTER.

_SEQUEL TO ALEXANDER DUMAS' GREAT NOVEL, "THE COUNT OF
MONTE-CRISTO," AND CONTINUATION AND CONCLUSION OF "EDMOND DANTES."_





CHAPTER I.

MONTE-CRISTO AND THE PRIMA DONNA.


The Count of Monte-Cristo was in Rome. He had hired one of the numerous
private palaces, the Palazzo Costi, situated on a broad thoroughfare
near the point where the Ponte St. Angelo connects Rome proper with that
transtiberine suburb known as the Leonine City or Trast