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The narrative begins with two young lovers in a quiet rural setting who, rebuffed by family, plan to flee together; their private crisis soon enlarges into a broader mystery that moves from countryside trysts to tense scenes aboard ocean steamers. A fast, unknown vessel and ambiguous signals introduce suspicion, shifting loyalties, and questions of identity. The plot alternates intimate episodes of longing and conflict with sequences of pursuit, shipboard unease, and investigative pressure, tracing how personal choices collide with tangled legal and moral claims across different territories and authorities.

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Title: Under Three Flags: A Story of Mystery

Author: Bert Leston Taylor

Alvin T. Thoits

Release date: May 15, 2021 [eBook #65345]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Credits: MFR, Gísli Valgeirsson, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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UNDER THREE FLAGS
—A Story of Mystery


Under Three Flags
A Story of Mystery
BY
B. L. TAYLOR AND A. T. THOITS.
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK:
RAND, McNALLY & COMPANY.
MDCCCXCVI.

A PRIZE STORY
In The Chicago Record’s series of “Stories of Mystery.”
UNDER THREE FLAGS
BY
B. L. Taylor and A. T. Thoits.
(This story—out of 816 competing—was awarded the THIRD PRIZE in The Chicago Record’s “$30,000 to Authors” competition.)
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Copyright, 1896, by B. L. Taylor and A. T. Thoits.

UNDER THREE FLAGS.