The King in Check
Author of "The Woman Ayisha," "The Lost Trooper," etc.
Chapters (not listed in original)
- I. "I'll make one to give this Feisul boy a hoist" 3
- II. "Atcha, Jimgrim sahib! Atcha!" 6
- III. "Hum dekta hai." 12
- IV. "I call this awful!" 16
- V. "Nobody will know. No bouquets." 20
- VI. "Better the evil that we know..." 24
- VII. "You talk like a madman!" 28
- VIII. "I'll forgive any one who brings him whisky." 33
- IX. "The rest will be simple!" 46
- X. "You made a bad break that time." 40
- XI. "They are all right!" 42
- XII. "Start something before they're ready for it!" 45
- XIII. "Bismillah! What a mercy that I met you!" 49
- XIV. "You'll be a virgin victim!" 55
- XV. "Catch the Algies napping and kick out of em!" 62
"The King in Check," copyright, 1922, by Talbot Mundy.
Copyright, 1922, by The Ridgway Company, in the United States and Great Britain.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1922, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.
The longest-living author of this work died in 1940, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 83 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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