Chapter I: Front Matter

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by

GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND

Author of The Alibi, Darkness and Dawn, Keep Off the Grass, etc.

Frontispiece by Modest Stein

Grosset & Dunlap Publishers New York

Copyright, 1919, By Small, Maynard & Company (Incorporated)

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I AT BATU KAWAN 1

II ALPHEUS BRIGGS, BUCKO 6

III SCURLOCK GOES ASHORE 16

IV THE CURSE OF NENEK KABAYAN 22

V THE MALAY FLEET OF WAR 32

VI COUNCIL OF WAR 39

VII BEFORE THE BATTLE 47

VIII PARLEY AND DEATH 55

IX ONSET OF BATTLE 65

X KUALA PAHANG 70

XI HOME BOUND 77

XII AT LONG WHARF 84

XIII AFTER FIFTY YEARS 91

XIV A VISITOR FROM THE LONG AGO 100

XV TWO OLD MEN 107

XVI THE CAPTAIN SPEAKS 115

XVII VISIONS OF THE PAST 125

XVIII THE LOOMING SHADOW 131

XIX HAL SHOWS HIS TEETH 139

XX THE CAPTAIN COMMANDS 146

XXI SPECTERS OF THE PAST 153

XXII DR. FILHIOL STANDS BY 161

XXIII SUNSHINE 169

XXIV DARKENING SHADOWS 179

XXV TROUBLED SOULS 186

XXVI PLANS FOR RESCUE 191

XXVII GEYSER ROCK 197

XXVIII LAURA UNDERSTANDS 204

XXIX THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE 214

XXX HIS WORD OF HONOR 222

XXXI THE SAFE 233

XXXII THE READING OF THE CURSE 238

XXXIII ROBBERY 246

XXXIV SELF-SACRIFICE 257

XXXV TREACHERY 267

XXXVI THE DOCTOR SPEAKS 274

XXXVII THE CAPTAIN SEES 283

XXXVIII CAPTAIN BRIGGS FINDS THE WAY 292

XXXIX “ONE MUST DIE” 299

XL ON THE _Kittiwink_ 305

XLI FATE STRIKES 310

XLII IN EXTREMIS 319

XLIII CURARÉ 329

XLIV NEW DAWN 340

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