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W. H. Myddleton. Gabrielle of the Lagoon
Gabrielle of the Lagoon
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I—ROMANCE’S FIRST THRILL
CHAPTER II—THE CALL OF THE BLOOD
CHAPTER III—SOUTH SEA OPERA BOUFFE
CHAPTER IV—THE SOUL’S RIVAL
CHAPTER VI—THE DERELICT
CHAPTER VII—WHEN THE STARS DANCED
CHAPTER VIII—HEATHEN LAND
CHAPTER IX—THE HOMERIC SPIRIT
CHAPTER X—THE WINE-DARK SEAS
CHAPTER XI—KIDNAPPED
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W. H. Myddleton
A Romance of the South Seas
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Even a wooden leg would seem to have its part to play in the universe: there was something imperative about its tapping voice. That fate-like tapping had smashed up many of Gabrielle’s young dreams; possibly that wooden leg was a soulless agent of the devil.
“Here’s the whisky, Dad,” said she, as the cockatoo looked down from its perch and shrieked: “Gabby-ell! Gabby-ell! Kai-kai-too!”
