South of the Line
SOUTH OF THE LINE
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BOOKS BY RALPH STOCK
Fiction
- The Recipe for Rubber
- The Pyjama Man
- Marama: A Tale of the South Pacific
- Beachcombings
- South of the Line
Travel
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COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
RALPH STOCK
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN
COPYRIGHT, 1919, 1921, BY P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE CO.
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY THE FRANK A. MUNSEY COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
First Edition
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CONTENTS
page Sirjohnnie of the Green Houses 1 The Rules of the Game 25 The Pretenders 46 The Complete Beachcomber 69 The Peep Show 92 The Lonely Lady 106 Malua 123 Their Troubles 141 Mother-of-Pearl 151 Hit or Miss 167 Roo of the Atolls 183 We of Malita 194 The Preposterous Partner 217 "—How the Other Half Lives" 230 The Mascot 240 The Habit of the Sea 254 Barter 271 The Laugh 289 The Inevitable Ingram 306 The Spell 320
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