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Garrett Putman Serviss. The Second Deluge
The Second Deluge
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
CHAPTER. I. COSMO VERSÁL. II. MOCKING AT FATE. III. THE FIRST DROPS OF THE DELUGE. IV. THE WORLD SWEPT WITH TERROR. V. THE THIRD SIGN. VI. SELECTING THE FLOWER OF MANKIND. VII. THE WATERS BEGIN TO RISE. VIII. STORMING THE ARK. IX. THE COMPANY OF THE REPRIEVED. X. THE LAST DAY OF NEW YORK. XI. "A BILLION FOR A SHARE" XII. THE SUBMERGENCE OF THE OLD WORLD. XIII. STRANGE FREAKS OF THE NEBULA. XIV. THE ESCAPE OF THE PRESIDENT. XV. PROFESSOR PLUDDER'S DEVICE. XVI. MUTINY IN THE ARK. XVII. THE JULES VERNE. XVIII. NAVIGATING OVER DROWNED EUROPE. XIX. TO PARIS UNDER THE SEA. XX. THE ADVENTURES IN COLORADO. XXI. "THE FATHER OF HORROR" XXII. THE TERRIBLE NUCLEUS ARRIVES. XXIII. ROBBING THE CROWN OF THE WORLD. XXIV. THE FRENCHMAN'S NEW SCHEME. XXV. NEW YORK IN HER OCEAN TOMB. XXVI. NEW AMERICA. ILLUSTRATIONS
"THEY MEANT TO CARRY THE ARK WITH A RUSH" "THE GREAT BATTLESHIP … CRASHED, PROW ON, INTO THE STEEL-RIBBED WALLS" "IT IS A PROPHECY OF THE SECOND DELUGE" "AND THEN THEY FLOATED NEAR THE MONUMENTAL TOMB OF GENERAL GRANT" THE SECOND DELUGE. CHAPTER I
COSMO VERSÁL
THE WORLD IS TO BE DROWNED!
CHAPTER II
MOCKING AT FATE
CHAPTER III
THE FIRST DROPS OF THE DELUGE
CHAPTER IV
THE WORLD SWEPT WITH TERROR
CHAPTER V
THE THIRD SIGN
CHAPTER VI
SELECTING THE FLOWER OF MANKIND
CHAPTER VII
THE WATERS BEGIN TO RISE
"AWFUL FLOOD IN THE MISSISSIPPI!
"THE STORM COMING THIS WAY!"
CHAPTER VIII
STORMING THE ARK
CHAPTER IX
THE COMPANY OF THE REPRIEVED
CHAPTER X
THE LAST DAY OF NEW YORK
CHAPTER XI
"A BILLION FOR A SHARE"
CHAPTER XII
THE SUBMERGENCE OF THE OLD WORLD
CHAPTER XIII
STRANGE FREAKS OF THE NEBULA
CHAPTER XIV
THE ESCAPE OF THE PRESIDENT
CHAPTER XV
PROFESSOR PLUDDER'S DEVICE
CHAPTER XVI
MUTINY IN THE ARK
CHAPTER XVII
THE JULES VERNE
CHAPTER XVIII
NAVIGATING OVER DROWNED EUROPE
CHAPTER XIX
TO PARIS UNDER THE SEA
CHAPTER XX
THE ADVENTURES IN COLORADO
CHAPTER XXI
"THE FATHER OF HORROR"
CHAPTER XXII
THE TERRIBLE NUCLEUS ARRIVES
CHAPTER XXIII
ROBBING THE CROWN OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER XXIV
THE FRENCHMAN'S NEW SCHEME
CHAPTER XXV
NEW YORK IN HER OCEAN TOMB
CHAPTER XXVI
NEW AMERICA
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Garrett Putman Serviss
Published by Good Press, 2022
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In the afternoon, however, reason partially resumed its sway; then a quick recovery was felt, and many who had rushed to sell all they had, found cause to regret their precipitancy. The next day all was on the mend, as far as the stock market was concerned, but among the people at large the poison of awakened credulity continued to spread, nourished by fresh announcements from the fountain head.
Cosmo issued another statement to the effect that he had perfected plans for an ark of safety, which he would begin at once to construct in the neighborhood of New York, and he not only offered freely to give his plans to any who wished to commence construction on their own account, but he urged them, in the name of Heaven, to lose no time. This produced a prodigious effect, and multitudes began to be infected with a nameless fear.
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