The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Tragedy of The Korosko, by Arthur Conan DoyleThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Tragedy of The KoroskoAuthor: Arthur Conan DoyleRelease Date: June 8, 2004 [eBook #12555]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TRAGEDY OF THE KOROSKO***E-text prepared by an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteerTHE TRAGEDY OF THE KOROSKOSIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.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 theKorosko. In these days of universal press agencies, responsive to the slightest stimulus, it may well seem incredible thatan international incident of such importance should remain so long unchronicled. Suffice it that there were very validreasons, both of a personal and of a political nature, for holding it back. The facts were well known to a good number ofpeople at the time, and some version of them did actually appear in a provincial paper, but was generally discredited.They have now been thrown into narrative form, the incidents having been collated from the sworn statements of ColonelCochrane Cochrane, of the Army and Navy Club, and from the letters of Miss Adams, of Boston, Mass.These have been supplemented by ...
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