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Ralph Henry Barbour. Joan of the Island
Joan of the Island
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. FLOTSAM FROM THE FOUR WINDS
CHAPTER II. THE GIRL ON TAO TAO
CHAPTER III. JOAN TRENT'S STORY
CHAPTER IV. MONIZ SHOWS HIS TEETH
CHAPTER V. THE FIGHT AT THE REEF
CHAPTER VI. LEFT IN CHARGE
CHAPTER VII. MONIZ COMES BACK
CHAPTER VIII. A FLAG OF TRUCE
CHAPTER IX. KEITH IS PUZZLED
CHAPTER X. THE SHELL BANK
CHAPTER XI. DRAWN BLANK
CHAPTER XII. ON THE BEACH
CHAPTER XIII. PERILS SHARED
CHAPTER XIV. CHESTER PAYS A VISIT
CHAPTER XV. MONIZ SINGS
CHAPTER XVI. A THRUST IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XVII. STOLEN!
CHAPTER XVIII. DELIRIUM
CHAPTER XIX. AT THE END OF THE ROPE
An Attack. CHAPTER XX. THE ATTACK
CHAPTER XXI. MONIZ SQUARES ACCOUNTS
CHAPTER XXII. ON THE SCHOONER'S DECK
CHAPTER XXIII. LOVE AT DAWN
CHAPTER XXIV. KEITH READS THE PAPER
CHAPTER XXV. THE CANDLE GUTTERS
CHAPTER XXVI. THE PEARL OF TAO TAO
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Ralph Henry Barbour, Henry P. Holt
Published by Good Press, 2020
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She met the creature's eyes squarely and saw something in them that stirred her unpleasantly. Had the Great Dane been there she would have had the man bolting like a rabbit. Baloo, who had never come into direct conflict with the girl before, misjudged her. He wanted tobacco, and knew there was plenty in the store. Moreover, he knew the planter was within neither sight nor hearing. He was a raw native, recruited but a few months before, with almost no ideas on the subject of restraint, and accustomed all his life to the doctrine of right and might being synonymous.
Without removing her eyes from him, the girl stepped backward, and unhooked the long, evil-looking whip.
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