Short Stories Volume 3

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John Arthur Barry. Short Stories Volume 3

Short Stories Volume 3

Table of Contents

By John Arthur Barry. Author of "Steve Brown's Bunyip" and "In the Great Deep."

CHAPTER I. AT BEZIL AND CARAT'S

CHAPTER II. THE MAN WHO HAD THE RING

CHAPTER III. IN THE QUEEN'S NAME

CHAPTER IV. ON BOARD THE "ALASKA."

CHAPTER V. SNARED

The Two Men from Garuda

(Written for the "Town and Country Journal.") (By John Arthur Barry, author of "Steve Brown's Bunyip," "In the Great Deep," etc.) Published in the Australian Town and Country Journal. Saturday, August 13, 1898

The Cruise of the Dancing Jane

BY JOHN ARTHUR BARRY. Author of "Steve Brown's Bunyip," "In the Great Deep," "A Son of the Sea," etc., etc. Published in the Australian Town and Country Journal, Sydney NSW. Saturday, November 25, 1899

In the Boat of the Sarah Bligh

BY JOHN ARTHUR BARRY (Author or "Steve Brown's Bunyip," "In the Great Deep," "A Son of the Sea," Against the Tides of Fate," &c., &c.) Published in the Australian Town and Country, Sydney NSW. Saturday, June 23, 1900

The Rollo and the Cat and Kittens

(BY JOHN ARTHUR BARRY.) Author of "Steve Brown's Bunyip." "A Son of the Sea." "In the Great Deep." "The Luck of the Native Born," "Against the Tides of Fate," etc. Published in the Australian Town and Country Journal, Sydney NSW. Saturday, December 15, 1900

The Pursuing of Shand

BY JOHN ARTHUR BARRY (Author of "Steve Brown's Bunyip," "In the Great Deep," "A Son of the Sea," etc, etc.) Published in the Australian Town and Country Journal. Saturday, January 26, 1901

Six of One and Seven of the Other; OR, SAIL VERSUS STEAM

(BY JOHN ARTHUR BARRY.) (Author of "Steve Brown's Bunyip," "In the Great Deep," etc.) Published in the Australian Town and Country Journal. Saturday, December 16, 1899

A Vain Salvage

BY JOHN ARTHUR BARRY (Author of "Steve Brown's Bunyip," "In the Great Deep," "A Son of the Sea," etc.) Published in the Australian Town and Country Journal. Saturday, December 14, 1901

Settled Out of Court

BY JOHN ARTHUR BARRY (Author of "Steve Brown's Bunyip." "A Son of the Sea," "In the Great Deep," "The Luck of the Native Born," etc.) Published in the Australian Town and Country Journal. Wednesday, December 9, 1903

The Brothers

BY JOHN ARTHUR BARRY, (Author of "In the Great Deep," "A Son of the Sea" "Steve Brown's Bunyip," "The Luck of the Native Born," etc., etc.) Published in the Australian Town and Country Journal. Wednesday, December 14, 1094

THE FADS OF DAVID DADD

AND HOW HE WAS CURED OF THEM (Written for the "Town and Country Journal.") BY JOHN ARTHUR BARRY (Author of "Steve Brown's Bunyip," "Red Lion and Blue Star," "The Luck of the Native Born.") Published in the Australian Town and Country Journal. Wednesday, December 13, 1905

WHEN KINDLY WINDS BEFRIENDED HER

BY JOHN ARTHUR BARRY (Author of "Steve Brown's Bunyip," "In the Great Deep" "A Son of the Sea," "Red Lion and Blue Star," "The Luck of the Native Born," etc., etc) Published in The Australian Town and Country Journal, NSW. Wednesday, December 11, 1907

A Mild Mutiny

By John Arthur Barry. Published in Pearson's Magazine October, 1901. Illustrated by C. J. Staniland, R. I. I

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III

IV

THE CASE OF JEFFREY WATSON

By JOHN ARTHUR BARRY. Author of "Steve Brown's Bunyip," "A Son of the Sea," "In the Great Deep," &c., &c [Published by special arrangement with the author. All rights reserved.] Published in the Chronicle (Adelaide, SA) Saturday, May 31, 1902. CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

THE END

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"Thank the Lord!" exclaimed Barnes, devoutly, "there's somebody here. I'm fairly starving." And breaking into a trot he made for the hut and threw open the door, only to spring back the next minute with a look of horror on his still ruddy face. "A dead man!" he whispered, as Brown came up. "White, too!"

Looking in, his companion saw the body of a man stretched full length across the threshold. It was clothed in moleskin trousers and blue shirt, and lay staring upwards with the hands clasped across the breast. The features were those of an elderly man; the long brown hair and beard plentifully flecked with grey; and the pale face composed and calm. Near by stood a small blue phial which Barnes professionally pounced upon and put to his nose. "Chlorodyne!" he muttered. "Overdose, perhaps. Or got tired and pegged out purposely. Not so very long gone either. He gave me a start, though, at first. Lots o' tucker," continued the detective, pointing to strings of dried fish, an open cask of biscuits, and some tins of preserved meat. "Poor chap! Well, it must ha' been lonely. Wonder what his game was—hermetizing, eh?"

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