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The Demon Yachtmaster and the Monte Carlo Gamble
A narrator recalls Christmas Eve in Monaco meeting Archibald Grant a famed gambler who bets large sums at Monte Carlo. Grant wins 240 pounds then 92 000 francs and more aboard his yacht the Garbino which turns pirate. The narrator is drawn into a voyage across seas to plunder bullion before escaping to Marseilles and returning to Monte Carlo amid tangled piracy claims.
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Termtage
Elie Batel
Puaris
Metropole
Hermitage
Archibald Grant
Black
Rose
Bie
Glace
la Conds
Monaco
Palace of Manaego
Othe Baths
Maison de Blanc
Garhine
Villefranche
North Cape
Grant
Havana
Bird
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Monte Carlo
Liverpool
France
England
S. Y. Garbino
Eli
Cape Juby
Macclesfield
Marseilles
Swale
Bea
Furness
Paris
Canges
Roulette
Island of
Gorgona
Garbino
Promenades Des Angiafis
Nice
Cercle de la Mediterranee
The
Dames Yachtsmar