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Title: Edward Barry South Sea Pearler
Author: Louis Becke
Release Date: November 10, 2007 [eBook #23440]
Language: English
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EDWARD BARRY
(South Sea Pearler)
by
LOUIS BECKE
[Frontispiece: Barry lifted her in his arms and carried her down to the boat.]
T. Nelson & Sons London and Edinburgh Paris: 189, rue Saint-Jacques Leipzig: 35-37 Königstrasse 1914
CONTENTS.
CHAP.
I. "EDWARD BARRY--'DEAD BROKE'" II. THE MAYNARDS III. THE BRIG MAHINA IV. MR. BILLY WARNER OF PONAPÉ V. VELO, THE SAMOAN, PROPHESIES. VI. IN ARRECIFOS LAGOON VII. ALICE TRACEY VIII. MRS. TRACEY TELLS HER STRANGE STORY IX. "ALLA GOODA COMRADE" X. A REPENTANCE XI. CAPTAIN RAWLINGS PROPOSES "A LITTLE CELEBRATION" XII. BARRY AND VELO DISCOURSE ON MARRIAGE XIII. "THE LITTLE CELEBRATION COMES OFF" XIV. BARRY HOIS