John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish - 1901

The Project Gutenberg EBook of John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish, by Louis Becke This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish 1901 Author: Louis Becke Release Date: January 28, 2008 [EBook #24446] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK JOHN CORWELL, SAILOR AND *** Produced by David Widger JOHN CORWELL, SAILOR and MINER and POISONOUS FISH By Louis Becke T. Fisher Unwin, 1901 Contents JOHN CORWELL, SAILOR AND MINER I II III IV POISONOUS FISH OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS JOHN CORWELL, SAILOR AND MINER I "Am I to have no privacy at all?" demanded the Governor irritably as the orderly again tapped at the open door and announced another visitor. "Who is he and what does he want?" "Mr. John Corwell, your Excellency, master of the cutter Ceres, from the South Seas." The Governor's brows relaxed somewhat. "Let him come in in ten minutes, Cleary, but tell him at the same time that I am very tired— too tired to listen unless he has something of importance to say.