Five-Skull Island And Other Tales Of The Malay Archipelago

IT was in Batavia I met him--at the Hotel des Indes--the leather--visaged, stormy-voiced ruin of a very powerful man. I shall call him Thurston. He laughed when I spoke of Five-Skull Island. "Where they found the five skeletons?" he said. "I see you've made the Aru voyage. Or was it the Ke? Lived in Ke once myself!" "Yes! Would he take anything?" He would, and did--then did again, and expanded. "You're a young chap to have gone poking down into that out-of-the-way corner. Not trade, I can see! Money to throw away, eh? Or was it Science? Never mind! About this Five-Skull business! People here will tell you I'm the man that sailed a prahu single-handed from Ke to Celebes. Well--I didn't! Six of us left Ke--the others stopped half-way--at Five-Skull Island. Don't care if I tell you!" And here--a little dramatized--is what he did tell me..."

• | Author: Alexander Montgomery
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Jul 28, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 84 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 153555374X
• | ISBN-13: 9781535553742