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George Herbert Ely. Kobo
Kobo
Table of Contents
Map and Plan
CHAPTER I. A mere Chinaman
CHAPTER II. Rokuro Kobo San
CHAPTER III. A Samurai's Home
CHAPTER IV. Six to One
CHAPTER V. A Fleet in Action
CHAPTER VI. Helping-to-Decide
CHAPTER VII. The Battle of the Destroyers
CHAPTER VIII. Cut Off
CHAPTER IX. Chased by Cossacks
CHAPTER X. The One-Eared Man
CHAPTER XI. Tried and Sentenced
CHAPTER XII. At Midnight
CHAPTER XIII. Ah-Sam
CHAPTER XIV. Mrs. Isidore G. Pottle
CHAPTER XV. Fortifying the Gully
CHAPTER XVI. Hemmed In
CHAPTER XVII. A Night Reconnaissance
CHAPTER XVIII. Rushing a Cossack Camp
CHAPTER XIX. Sound and Fury
CHAPTER XX. Herr Schwab Gomblains
CHAPTER XXI. The Battle of the Yalu River
CHAPTER XXII. A Dumb Chinaman
CHAPTER XXIII. The Tiger's Lair
CHAPTER XXIV. In the Enemy's Gates
CHAPTER XXV. Nemesis
CHAPTER XXVI. Old Friends and New Prospects
THE END
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George Herbert Ely, Charles James L'Estrange
A Story of the Russo-Japanese War
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The younger of the two Chinamen, apparently a merchant, shook his head and smiled deprecatingly, from which Bob gathered that he did not understand English. The other, evidently a servant, preserved an impassivity of countenance such as only a Chinaman can command. Bob was at a loss how to express his gratitude; but the dignified merchant, waving his hand to signify that the affair was a mere nothing, bowed ceremoniously and continued on his way.
Bob picked up his hat and stick, dusted his coat with his hand, and felt his wrist to make sure that no bones were broken. Then, thinking it wise to return to the principal street and proceed to the harbour as directed by the station-master, he retraced his steps.
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