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The life of the Reverend Titus E. Laurie contained two active principles. The first of these was a tireless enthusiasm for the propagation of the principles of Methodist Christianity, and this had mo…
The day after he returned from Formosa, Elliott received a reply to his cablegram, which said, simply: “Find it. Buck up! “ Henninger. ” It was easy to give the order, Elliott thought. But during the…
“You sent for me, I think,—gentlemen—” hesitated Laurie, still standing near the doorway. Sevier bustled forward, led him in and closed the door. “Yes, yes, certainly. It was mighty good of you to co…
But twenty days cannot stretch to infinity, even at sea. The Peru entered the Golden Gate early in the forenoon on the 9th of August, and Elliott, having no baggage to worry him, hurried at once to …
Before the train left Elliott cabled again to Henninger, this time using the usual code for abbreviation’s sake: “Found what we wanted. Am coming with Bennett. Have expedition ready at Delagoa Bay, n…
“Elliott! Thank heaven!—is that you at last?” exclaimed Henninger, hurrying up to the rail as the boat hooked on the dhow’s side. “Why in the name of everything didn’t you cable as I told you?” Henni…
The gold-seekers gazed eagerly, and, as regards Elliott at least, with strange emotions of excitement, at the ruins of the vessel they had come so far to see, whose name had been familiar so long, bu…
“How did that ship get so close without our seeing her?” cried Henninger, fiercely. “Who was on the lookout?” It appeared that every one aboard the dhow had been too deeply interested in the salvage …
But the kedge cable held nobly, while the long afternoon passed slowly away, though its straining could be felt in every part of the vessel, and it twanged and hummed taut as a violin string. There w…
“What’s your plan for getting home with all this gold, Henninger?” asked Elliott “I hardly dared to think of that till we’d got away from the island.” It was almost eleven o’clock at night, and the m…
