Zero the Slaver: A Romance of Equatorial Africa

Zero the Slaver: A Romance of Equatorial Africa

The above-named Sum will be paid to any person giving information which will lead to the discovery of the whereabouts of a young Englishman named Richard Grenville, who was last seen at Durban on 15th December, 1877. Facing this striking announcement, and with his back to the Standard Bank of South Africa, in Durban, stood, one morning in July, 1880, a wiry-looking, clean-shaved man of about five- or six-and-thirty, dressed in a rough grey homespun suit. Man after man paused, read, marked, learned, and, no doubt, inwardly digested, the contents of the advertisement, then passed on his way without giving the matter a second thoughtbeyond, perhaps, half wishing, in a lazy sort of way, that he knew something about this man who seemingly was so much wanted by his own people. But our grey-coated friend still stood there, and appeared to be literally devouring the announcement. At length he turned sharply away with a muttered Hum! Its a big pile. Five thousand dollarsnow, I wonder if But here his keen eye noted the stoppage of another persona fashionably-dressed manbefore the advertisement, which seemed of considerable personal interest to him, judging from the way he stared at it, and from the fact that his cigar dropped from his lips, which mechanically opened with an involuntary exclamation the moment the wording caught his eye. Quickly recovering himself, the man glanced keenly at grey-coat, who was, however, diligently charging his pipe, and then he, too, like his predecessors, passed on his way. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 32909
Author: Fletcher, Lawrence
Release Date: Jun 20, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English