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Edward Alden Jewell. The White Kami
The White Kami
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE. FOG
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CHAPTER TWO. THE AMAZING CUSTOMER
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CHAPTER THREE. FATE BEGINS TO PLAY HER CARDS
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CHAPTER FOUR. THE FOOTBALL OF THE INDIAN OCEAN
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CHAPTER FIVE. THE SKIPPING GOONE GETS A MASTER
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CHAPTER SIX. STEALING THE THUNDER FROM IRMENGARDE
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CHAPTER SEVEN. LIKE THE BARQUE OF CLEOPATRA
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II. LILI
CHAPTER EIGHT. THE AWAKENING
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CHAPTER NINE. LOVE ON A SCHOONER—
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CHAPTER TEN —AND ELSEWHERE
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III “CURLY LOCKS, CURLY LOCKS”
CHAPTER ELEVEN. HONEYMOON
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CHAPTER TWELVE. A TOUGH OLD BIRD AND THE KEY OF PARADISE
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN. THE WHITE KAMI
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IV. STRATAGEM
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. UTTERBOURNE NARROWS HIS EYES
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN. THE ANCIENT URGE
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN. AFTER A FASHION—AND NO LICENSE REQUIRED
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V. THE PIPE
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. COBWEBS
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. THE QUARREL
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CHAPTER NINETEEN. THE DINNER THAT NEVER WAS EATEN
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VI. THE MASCOT
CHAPTER TWENTY. A FEW UPS AND A LOT OF DOWNS
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. MERRY-GO-ROUND
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. AT DAWN IN THE CHINA SEA
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VII. THE MYTH
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. WHOM THE POPPY CAPTURES
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. BITTER COMFORT
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. RENDEZVOUS
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VIII. THE FLAMING WOUND
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. AN IMPRESARIO TUNES UP HIS PRIZE FOR BIG MONEY
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN. THE FLYING MOOR
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IX. DREGS
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT. EXALTATION
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CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE. AVALANCHE
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X. THE STAR OF TROY
CHAPTER THIRTY. CYNICS
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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE. THE MAP OF THE WORLD AGAIN
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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO. NEWS
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XI. THE WHEEL TURNS ON
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE. A GRAVE WITH FLOWERS IN THE JUNGLE
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR. PITCHERS AND STARS
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE “PUT NOT YOUR TRUST IN PRINCES”
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX. WEDDING BELLS IN THE OFFING
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Edward Alden Jewell
A Novel
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And then he laughed—a laugh which had a bursting start, like the operation of a steam valve. Yes, there was something undeniably frivolous about the junior partner, even though, curiously enough, his head made one think instantly of the head of some profound Greek philosopher. It might almost have been the head of Socrates.
Closing time never found Jerome napping. His legs had been wrapped all the afternoon about the rungs of his stool with the cheerful yet sluggish permanence one encounters commonly in the plant kingdom; but now he unwound them, took down his hat, and went out into a thick winter fog. His legs really belonged somewhat in the category of beanpoles, but they carried him over the ground. His gait, indeed, possessed a slightly headlong quality, without being quite eager. All his movements seemed a little automatic, even his head being held at a more or less fixed angle—a habit indubitably acquired through prolonged association with the ledger, and encouraging a suspicion that to change its focus a lever somewhere would have to be touched, or a spring pressed.
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