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Henry Milner Rideout. Admiral's Light
Admiral's Light
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE GYPSY MARE
CHAPTER II. CAPTAIN FLORIO
CHAPTER III. THE SAFFRON MAN
CHAPTER IV. PAN’S PIPES
CHAPTER V. THE HIGH WOODS
CHAPTER VI. THE COUNCIL
CHAPTER VII. HABAKKUK’S LIGHT
CHAPTER VIII. THE OTHER CAMP
CHAPTER IX. THE RUNNING BROOK
CHAPTER X. TONY PASSES
CHAPTER XI. THE RISK
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Henry Milner Rideout
Published by Good Press, 2019
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“Do you—do you keep a seeress?” he cried. “And a real magician?”
“Come here,” said the man mysteriously. “What’s wrong with your nose?” He tweaked that organ viciously three times, and produced in swift succession a whittled square of black tobacco, a stag-horn knife, a blue cotton handkerchief. “Beats all,” he marveled. “Beats me, Squair, why ye ever stowed those up there! Gettin’ hunchback, too, ain’t ye? Bend over.” Miles felt the man’s hand slip beneath his collar, then something cold between the shoulder-blades. “Well, no wonder,” said the magician. There in his hand was a bell-mouthed flageolet, with tarnished German-silver keys.
