Victory: An Island TaleA story of rescue and violent tragedy set in the Malayan archipelago, 'Victory' combines high adventure with sensitive portrayal of three drifters. |
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... Tesman of Tesman Brothers , a Sourabaya firm - tip - top house . Well , Mr. Tesman was a kindly , benevolent old gen ... Tesmans ' trading schooners , and then vanished , on an Arab ship , in the direction of New Guinea . He remained so ...
... Tesman of Tesman Brothers , a Sourabaya firm - tip - top house . Well , Mr. Tesman was a kindly , benevolent old gen ... Tesmans ' trading schooners , and then vanished , on an Arab ship , in the direction of New Guinea . He remained so ...
Page 16
... Tesmans , in Samarang , to meet certain bills which would fall due while he was away on his cruise . Anyhow , that money would not have been any more good to him than if it had been in the innermost depths of the infernal regions . He ...
... Tesmans , in Samarang , to meet certain bills which would fall due while he was away on his cruise . Anyhow , that money would not have been any more good to him than if it had been in the innermost depths of the infernal regions . He ...
Page 23
... Tesmans appointed agents , a contract for government mail - boats secured , the era of steam beginning for the islands - a great stride for- ward - Heyst's stride ! And all this sprang from the meeting of the cor- nered Morrison and of ...
... Tesmans appointed agents , a contract for government mail - boats secured , the era of steam beginning for the islands - a great stride for- ward - Heyst's stride ! And all this sprang from the meeting of the cor- nered Morrison and of ...
Page 25
... Tesmans , and then dis- appeared for a time . It appears that he stayed with a Dutch government doctor in Amboyna , a friend of his who looked after him for a bit in his bungalow . He became visible again rather suddenly , his eyes sunk ...
... Tesmans , and then dis- appeared for a time . It appears that he stayed with a Dutch government doctor in Amboyna , a friend of his who looked after him for a bit in his bungalow . He became visible again rather suddenly , his eyes sunk ...
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... Tesmans washed their hands of it . The Government cancelled those famous contracts . The talk died out , and presently it was remarked here and there that Heyst had faded completely away . He had become invisible , as in those early ...
... Tesmans washed their hands of it . The Government cancelled those famous contracts . The talk died out , and presently it was remarked here and there that Heyst had faded completely away . He had become invisible , as in those early ...
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