# Salvage

Author: Norton, Roy, 1869-1942

Genre: Category: Adventure

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73244

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Salvage+Norton&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Piræus, that historical port of Greece, lay drenched and sweltering in sunshine. Its great water front, whence galleys had sailed bravely forth in ancient days, was packed with shipping, most of it idle; for trade was in the doldrums. Docked between two big “smoke boats” lay the very trim and neat steam schooner, _Malabart_, Captain Eli Drake, owner and commander; and there was nothing in the _Malabart’s_ physical appearance to indicate that she, too, was yawning for a cargo of any sort, or to any port, though the charter rate might be so low as to barely pay expenses. Captain Drake, whose sobriquet of “The Old Hyena” had survived the days of sail, was ashore, harassed by cares.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/salvage-73244/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/salvage-73244/chapters/2/index.md)