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Lloyd Osbourne. The Queen Versus Billy, and Other Stories
The Queen Versus Billy, and Other Stories
Table of Contents
THE QUEEN VERSUS BILLY
THE BEAUTIFUL MAN OF PINGALAP
THE BEAUTIFUL MAN OF PINGALAP
THE DUST OF DEFEAT
THE DUST OF DEFEAT
THE HAPPIEST DAY OF HIS LIFE
THE HAPPIEST DAY OF HIS LIFE
FATHER ZOSIMUS
FATHER ZOSIMUS
FRENCHY’S LAST JOB
FRENCHY’S LAST JOB
THE DEVIL’S WHITE MAN
THE DEVIL’S WHITE MAN
THE PHANTOM CITY
THE PHANTOM CITY
AMATUA’S SAILOR
AMATUA’S SAILOR
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Lloyd Osbourne
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“Stick to the prisoner,” cried the court.
“I bow to correction, sir,” went on Burder. “I say again, this is no time for half-measures; and I say that Sunflower Bay will be a better place to live in without Mr. Billy. I leave it to the honourable court, with every confidence, to vindicate justice in these islands by condemning the prisoner to the extreme penalty of the law. The case for the Queen is closed, gentlemen.”
