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"Martin Of Nitendi"; and The River Of Dreams, by
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Title: "Martin Of Nitendi"; and The River Of Dreams 1901
Author: Louis Becke
Release Date: February 18, 2008 [EBook #24641]
Language: English
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"MARTIN OF NITENDI"; and THE RIVER OF DREAMS
By Louis Becke
T. Fisher Unwin, 1901
"MARTIN OF NITENDI"
Half-way up the side of the mountain which overlooked the waters of the little land-locked harbour there was a space clear of timber. Huge, jagged rocks, whose surfaces were covered with creepers and grey moss, protruded from the soil, and on the highest of these a man was lying at full length, looking at the gunboat anchored half a mile away. He was clothed in a girdle of ti leaves only; his feet were bare, cut, and bleeding; round his waist was strapped a leather belt with an empty cartridge pouch; his brawny right hand grasped a Snider rifle; his head-covering was a roughly made cap of coconut-nut leaf, with a projecting peak, designed to shield his blood-shot, savage eyes from the sun. Yet he had been a White Man. For nearly an hour he had been watching, ever since the dawn had broken. Far below him, thin, wavering curls of pale blue smoke were arising from the site of the n