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Victoria City on Hongkong Island was almost invisible in hot mist and rain as the steamer crawled up the roads and anchored off the sea-wall. The gray harbour water appeared to steam, slopping sluggis
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Victoria City on Hongkong Island was almost invisible in hot mist and rain as the steamer crawled up the roads and anchored off the sea-wall. The gray harbour water appeared to steam, slopping sluggis
“What’s your plan for getting home with all this gold, Henninger?” asked Elliott “I hardly dared to think of that till …
But the kedge cable held nobly, while the long afternoon passed slowly away, though its straining could be felt in ever…
“How did that ship get so close without our seeing her?” cried Henninger, fiercely. “Who was on the lookout?” It appear…
The gold-seekers gazed eagerly, and, as regards Elliott at least, with strange emotions of excitement, at the ruins of …
“Elliott! Thank heaven!—is that you at last?” exclaimed Henninger, hurrying up to the rail as the boat hooked on the dh…
Before the train left Elliott cabled again to Henninger, this time using the usual code for abbreviation’s sake: “Found…
But twenty days cannot stretch to infinity, even at sea. The Peru entered the Golden Gate early in the forenoon on the…
“You sent for me, I think,—gentlemen—” hesitated Laurie, still standing near the doorway. Sevier bustled forward, led h…
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