Category: Short Stories

The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale of the Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun of the Buccaneers 1901

Becke, Louis, 1855-1913· 2 chapters· 6,049 words

“There,” said Tâvita the teacher, pointing with his paddle to a long, narrow peninsula which stretched out into the shallow waters of the lagoon, “there, that is the place where the battle was fought. In those days a village of thirty houses or more stood there; now no one liv...

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1. Part 1

“There,” said Tâvita the teacher, pointing with his paddle to a long, narrow peninsula which stretched out into the shallow waters of the lagoon, “there, that is the place where...

2. Part 2

A scowl darkened Larmer's face. “I'll give you a hundred dollars for the thing,” he said. “I want it, and I mean to have it” And he rose and dashed his huge hand down upon the t...