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Edgar Wallace. Bones of the River
Bones of the River
Table of Contents
I. — THE FEARFUL WORD
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II. — THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
First published in The 20 Story Magazine, Odhams Ltd., Mar 1923
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III. — THE BLACK EGG
First published in The 20 Story Magazine, Odhams Ltd., Feb 1923
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IV. — A NICE GEL
First published in The 20 Story Magazine, Odhams Ltd., Jan 1923
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V. — THE BRASS BEDSTEAD
First published in The 20 Story Magazine, Odhams Ltd., Apr 1923
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VI. — A LOVER OF DOGS
First published in The 20 Story Magazine, Odhams Ltd., Dec 1922
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VII. — THE CAMERA MAN
First published in The 20 Story Magazine, Odhams Ltd., May 1923
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VIII. — THE HEALER
First published in The 20 Story Magazine, Odhams Ltd., Aug 1923
IX. — THE WAZOOS
First published in The 20 Story Magazine, Odhams Ltd., Jul 1923
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X. — THE ALL-AFRICANS
First published in The 20 Story Magazine, Odhams Ltd., Jun 1923
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XI. — THE WOMAN WHO SPOKE TO BIRDS
First published in The 20 Story Magazine, Odhams Ltd., Sep 1923
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XII. — THE LAKE OF THE DEVIL
First published in The 20 Story Magazine, Odhams Ltd., Oct 1923
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THE END
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Edgar Wallace
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Bones smiled indulgently at the word “may.”
Bosambo, Paramount Chief of the Ochori, held a palaver of all his fifty chiefs, for there was trouble in the land. The crops had unexpectedly failed, goat sickness had made a mysterious and devastating appearance, and three considerable tribes had refused tribute, and had sent defiant messages to their lord. There was talk of a confederation between these, and that could only mean war. Moreover, a collector of taxes had been beaten to death, and another, Bosambo suspected, had been drowned. Bosambo, wearing his cloak of monkey tails and in his hand his three short killing spears, listened hour after hour as speaker after speaker arose and addressed him. Then at last spoke M’febi, a chief and suspected witch-doctor. All the day he had been waiting for this man, the most powerful of his subjects and the most antagonistic.
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