Wednesday the Tenth
A TALE OF
THE SOUTH PACIFIC
BY
GRANT ALLEN
Author of
Common Sense Science
and others
BOSTON
D LOTHROP COMPANY
WASHINGTON STREET OPPOSITE BROMFIELD
Copyright, 1890,
by
D. Lothrop Company.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
WE SIGHT A BOAT 9
CHAPTER II.
THE BOAT'S CREW 27
CHAPTER III.
THE MYSTERY SOLVED 41
CHAPTER IV.
MARTIN LUTHER'S STORY 56
CHAPTER V.
A BREAK-DOWN 72
CHAPTER VI.
ON THE ISLAND 86
CHAPTER VII.
ERRORS EXCEPTED 100
CHAPTER VIII.
HOT WORK 113
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
There was a terrible scene of noise and confusion Front.
Where the Frenchmen landed 19
Natives of the Island of Tanaki 58
The savages fell back and listened with eagerness 70
WEDNESDAY THE TENTH.
A Tale of the South Pacific.
CHAPTER I.
WE SIGHT A BOAT.
On the eighteenth day out from Sydney, wewere cruising under the lee of Erromanga—ofcourse you know Erromanga, anisolated island between the New Hebrides andthe Loyalty group—when suddenly our duskyPolynesian boy, Nassaline, who was at the mastheadon the lookout, gave a surprised cry of"Boat ahoy!" and pointed with his skinny blackfinger to a dark dot away southward on thehorizon, in the direction of Fiji.
I strained my eyes and saw—well, a barrelor something. For myself, I should never have[pg 10]made out it was a boat at all, being somewhatslow of vision at great distances; but, blessyour heart! these Kanaka lads have eyes likehawks for pouncing down upo