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W. C. Morrow. Lentala of the South Seas: The Romantic Tale of a Lost Colony
Lentala of the South Seas: The Romantic Tale of a Lost Colony
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LENTALA OF THE SOUTH SEAS
CHAPTER I.—On Unknown Shores
CHAPTER II.—The Falling of a Fong
CHAPTER III.—The Menace of the Face
CHAPTER IV.—Behind a Laughing Mask
CHAPTER V.—The Opening of a Pit
CHAPTER VI.—Witcheries in Hand
CHAPTER VII.—Secrets For Two
CHAPTER VIII.—A Crumbling Edge
CHAPTER IX.—An Iron Hand Comes Down
CHAPTER X.—The Finding of a Man
CHAPTER XI.—Faces Set Toward Danger
CHAPTER XII.—Dramatic Discoveries
CHAPTER XIII.—Preparation for the Crisis
CHAPTER XIV.—-A Glimpse Into the Abyss
CHAPTER XV.—The Lash in Unwilling Hands
CHAPTER XVI.—A Light in the Gloom
CHAPTER XVII.—Disciplined by a Woman
CHAPTER XVIII.—To the Rescue of the King
CHAPTER XIX.—The Strength of the White Blood
CHAPTER XX.—A Habit of Concealment
CHAPTER XXI—Both Sides of the Wall
CHAPTER XXII.—Wit and Dash to the Fore
CHAPTER XXIII.—The Great Catastrophe
CHAPTER XXIV.—The Parting Hour
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W. C. Morrow
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The king descended; the fan-bearer, her face mantled with content, disappeared within the administration hut and dropped the curtain. The rear guard were waiting for us three, and we started. After a few paces, I turned, and saw, as I had hoped to see, a brown face watching us through the parted curtain, and it was filled with more mysteries than any enchanted forest ever held.
On and up we went, and finally reached the summit. We stood on a small open plateau, which abruptly ended in a precipice. Before us was a giant chasm in a great tableland of lava. The floor was a thousand feet below. We were looking down on it from the top of the great wall of columnar basalt which enclosed it. The chasm was an irregular ellipse, some three miles on its minor axis and five on its major. The floor was level, and, except for some farms, was covered with a forest. A breeze sent long, unctuous waves of lighter green rolling over it, or swirling in graceful spirals where the wall deflected the wind and drifted it on in majestic eddies.
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