Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer), 1870-1944 / 2008-06-12 00:00:00
EBOOK, THE MAN FROM THE CLOUDS ***
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THE MAN FROM THE CLOUDS
BY
J. STORER CLOUSTON
1919
CONTENTS
PART I
CHAPTER
I In the Clouds
II The Man on the Shore
III Alone Again
IV The Suspicious Stranger
V The Doctor's House
VI A Petticoat
VII At the Mansion House
VIII Sunday
IX An Ally
X The Coast Patrol
XI A Near Thing
XII The Key Turned
XIII On the Drifter
XIV My Cousin's Letter
PART II
CHAPTER
I An Idea
II A Little Dinner
III The Alcoholic Patient
IV The Test
V Waiting
VI The Spectacled Man
VII A Reminiscence
VIII H.M.S. _Uruguay_
IX Bolton on the Track
X Where the Clue Led
XI An Eye-Opener
XII The Confidant
XIII Jean's Guesses
XIV The Pocket Book
XV Part of the Truth
XVI Tracked Down
XVII The Rest of the Truth
XVIII The Frosty Road
XIX Our Morning Call
THE MAN FROM THE CLOUDS
PART I
I
IN THE CLOUDS
"My God," said Rutherford, "the cable has broken!"
In an instant I was craning over the side of the basket. Five hundred
feet, 700 feet, 1000 feet, 2000 feet below us, the cruiser that had been
our only link with the world of man was diminishing so swiftly that, as
far as I remember, she had shrunk to the smallness of a tug and then
vanished into the haze before I even answered him.
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