Captain Drake again proves, and this time most brilliantly, his right to the title: “The Opportunist.” With remarkable sagacity he scents an opportunity on the wind. 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 …
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