CHAPTER XXIII.

_Montbar the Fanatic._

Partial Solution of a Mystery.--Montbar’s Birth.--His Education and Delusions.--Anecdote of the Dramatic Performance.--Montbar Runs Away from Home.--Enters the Navy.--His Ferocious Exploits.--Joins the Buccaneers.--Desperate Battles on the Land and on the Sea.--His Final Disappearance. 360

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