Cursed
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England George Allan. Cursed
CHAPTER I. AT BATU KAWAN
CHAPTER II. ALPHEUS BRIGGS, BUCKO
CHAPTER III. SCURLOCK GOES ASHORE
CHAPTER IV. THE CURSE OF NENEK KABAYAN
CHAPTER V. THE MALAY FLEET OF WAR
CHAPTER VI. COUNCIL OF WAR
CHAPTER VII. BEFORE THE BATTLE
CHAPTER VIII. PARLEY AND DEATH
CHAPTER IX. ONSET OF BATTLE
CHAPTER X. KUALA PAHANG
CHAPTER XI. HOME BOUND
CHAPTER XII. AT LONG WHARF
CHAPTER XIII. AFTER FIFTY YEARS
CHAPTER XIV. A VISITOR FROM THE LONG AGO
CHAPTER XV. TWO OLD MEN
CHAPTER XVI. THE CAPTAIN SPEAKS
CHAPTER XVII. VISIONS OF THE PAST
CHAPTER XVIII. THE LOOMING SHADOW
CHAPTER XIX. HAL SHOWS HIS TEETH
CHAPTER XX. THE CAPTAIN COMMANDS
CHAPTER XXI. SPECTERS OF THE PAST
CHAPTER XXII. DR. FILHIOL STANDS BY
CHAPTER XXIII. SUNSHINE
CHAPTER XXIV. DARKENING SHADOWS
CHAPTER XXV. TROUBLED SOULS
CHAPTER XXVI. PLANS FOR RESCUE
CHAPTER XXVII. GEYSER ROCK
CHAPTER XXVIII. LAURA UNDERSTANDS
CHAPTER XXIX. THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
CHAPTER XXX. HIS WORD OF HONOR
CHAPTER XXXI. THE SAFE
CHAPTER XXXII. THE READING OF THE CURSE
CHAPTER XXXIII. ROBBERY
CHAPTER XXXIV. SELF-SACRIFICE
CHAPTER XXXV. TREACHERY
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE DOCTOR SPEAKS
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE CAPTAIN SEES
CHAPTER XXXVIII. CAPTAIN BRIGGS FINDS THE WAY
CHAPTER XXXIX “ONE MUST DIE”
CHAPTER XL. ON THE KITTIWINK
CHAPTER XLI. FATE STRIKES
CHAPTER XLII. IN EXTREMIS
CHAPTER XLIII. CURARÉ
CHAPTER XLIV. NEW DAWN
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For a moment, Briggs and Scurlock confronted each other, separated by the length of the gangway. Between them stretched silence; though on the bund a cackle and chatter of natives offended the night. Then Captain Briggs got sight of the kris. That sufficed, just as anything would have sufficed. He put his two huge, hairy fists on his hips; his neck swelled with rage born of samshu and a temper by nature the devil’s own; he bellowed in a formidable roar:
“Drop that knife, Mr. Scurlock! What’s the matter with you, sir?”
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“Don’t waste a splendid curio on the dog, captain,” smiled he, masking fear with indifference. Should Briggs so much as nick one of the Malays with that envenomed blade, Filhiol knew to a certainty that with fire and sword Batu Kawan would take complete vengeance. He knew that before morning no white man would draw life’s breath aboard the Silver Fleece. “You’ve got a wonderful curio there, sir. Don’t lose it, for a mere nothing.”
“Curio? What the devil do I care for Malay junk?” retorted Briggs, thick-tongued and bestial. “The only place I’d like to see this toothpick would be stickin’ out of that swine’s ribs!”
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