The Argus Pheasant
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Beecham John Charles. The Argus Pheasant
CHAPTER I. The Omniscient Sachsen
CHAPTER II. Ah Sing Counts his Nails
CHAPTER III. Peter Gross is Named Resident
CHAPTER IV. Koyala's Prayer
CHAPTER V. Sachsen's Warning
CHAPTER VI. The Pirate League
CHAPTER VII. Mynheer Muller Worries
CHAPTER VIII. Koyala's Warning
CHAPTER IX. The Long Arm of Ah Sing
CHAPTER X. Captain Carver Signs
CHAPTER XI. Mynheer Muller's Dream
CHAPTER XII. Peter Gross's Reception
CHAPTER XIII. A Fever Antidote
CHAPTER XIV. Koyala's Defiance
CHAPTER XV. The Council
CHAPTER XVI. Peter Gross's Pledge
CHAPTER XVII. The Poisoned Arrow
CHAPTER XVIII. A Summons to Sadong
CHAPTER XIX. Koyala's Ultimatum
CHAPTER XX. Lkath's Conversion
CHAPTER XXI. Captured by Pirates
CHAPTER XXII. In The Temple
CHAPTER XXIII. Ah Sing's Vengeance
CHAPTER XXIV. A Rescue
CHAPTER XXV. The Fight on the Beach
CHAPTER XXVI "To Half of My Kingdom —"
CHAPTER XXVII. A Woman Scorned
CHAPTER XXVIII. The Attack on the Fort
CHAPTER XXIX. A Woman's Heart
CHAPTER XXX. The Governor's Promise
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The governor took a pinch of snuff with great deliberation and glared across the big table of his cabinet-room at the general. Vanden Bosch shrank visibly.
"Then, my dear generaal," he demanded, "you say we must let these sons of Jazebel burn down my residences, behead my residents, and feed my controlleurs to the crocodiles without interference from the military?"
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The secretary bent low.
"Your excellency, the fairest flowers of Batavia are his to pick and choose. The good God has given him a brave heart, a comely face, and plenty of flesh to cover his bones. But his only mistress is the sea."
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