Jerry of the Islands

01 CHAPTER I Not until Mister Haggin abruptly picked him up under one arm and

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02 CHAPTER II From the whaleboat, up the low side of the Arangi, and over her six-

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03 CHAPTER III Jerry quite forgot Meringe for the time being. As he well

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04 CHAPTER IV The companionway into the main cabin was a steep ladder, and down

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05 CHAPTER V And swift tropic night smote the Arangi, as she alternately rolled in

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06 CHAPTER VI At recognition of Skipper's voice, Jerry, floundering in the stiff and

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07 CHAPTER VII At seven in the morning, when Skipper rolled him out of the blanket

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08 CHAPTER VIII When, in half an hour, Van Horn's sweat culminated in profusion, it

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09 CHAPTER IX Jerry and Skipper shared the long afternoon-watch together, the latter

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10 CHAPTER X Daylight saw the Arangi under way, her sails drooping heavily in the

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11 CHAPTER XI Back on board, Van Horn immediately hove short, hoisted sail, broke

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12 CHAPTER XII What happened aboard the Arangi Jerry never knew. He did know

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13 CHAPTER XIII The boy's name, as Jerry was to learn, was Lamai, and to Lamai's

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14 CHAPTER XIV For many days, tied by the stick, Jerry remained Lamai's prisoner. It

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15 CHAPTER XV For some time after the conclusion of the race, Bashti stood talking

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16 CHAPTER XVI Three months more passed; the north-west monsoon, after its half-

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17 CHAPTER XVII As blind Nalasu slowly plodded away, with one hand tapping the path

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18 CHAPTER XVIII Meanwhile the months slipped by, the south-east trade blew itself out,

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19 CHAPTER XIX And had Bashti hastened delivery of the wives by one day, or by even

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20 CHAPTER XX A week Jerry spent in the bush, deterred always from penetrating to

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21 CHAPTER XXI The fine, three-topmast schooner Ariel, on a cruise around the world,

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22 CHAPTER XXII Northward, along the leeward coast of Malaita, the Ariel worked her

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23 CHAPTER XXIII One thing Jerry learned early on the Ariel, namely, that nigger- chasing

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24 CHAPTER XXIV When the Ariel cleared from Malu, on the north-west coast of Malaita,

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