RODMAN THE BOATSTEERER

AND OTHER STORIES

By Louis Becke

London T. Fisher Unwin, 1898

CONTENTS

RODMAN THE BOATSTEERER

          I.

          II.

          III.

A POINT OF THEOLOGY ON MÂDURÔ

A MAN OF IMPULSE

THE TRADER

          I.

          II.

          III.

MRS. CLINTON

          I.

          II.

THE CUTTING-OFF OF THE "QUEEN CHARLOTTE"

THE PERUVIAN SLAVERS

A QUESTION OF PRECEDENCE

A TOUCH OF THE TAR-BRUSH

THE TRADER S WIFE

NINA

THE EAST INDIAN COUSIN

PROCTOR THE DRUNKARD

A PONAPEAN CONVENANCE

IN THE KING'S SERVICE, EPISODES OF A BEACH-COMBER

          I.

          II.

          III.

OXLEY, THE PRIVATEERSMAN

          I.

          II.

          III.

THE ESCAPEE

EMA, THE HALF-BLOOD

          I.

          II.

          III.

          IV.

LEASSÉ

THE TROUBLE WITH JINABAN

RODMAN THE BOATSTEERER

I.

With her white cotton canvas swelling gently