{"product_id":"2940016060637","title":"Under the Chinese Dragon","description":"Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Chap.                                           Page\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        I. EBENEZER SPEAKS HIS MIND                    9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       II. THE ROAD TO LONDON                         28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      III. WANTED A JOB                               47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       IV. A RESPONSIBLE POSITION                     66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        V. LONDON'S ALIEN CRIMINALS                   84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       VI. THE PROFESSOR MAKES A SUGGESTION          101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      VII. AT SEA ON A CHINESE JUNK                  121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VIII. IN A TIGHT CORNER                         138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       IX. A GAME OF LONG BOWLS                      157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        X. EBENEZER CLAYHILL'S INSPIRATION           176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XI. DAVID GOES ON A JOURNEY                   194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XII. CHANG ANNOUNCES HIS ERRAND                211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XIII. IN A CHINESE PRISON                       230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XIV. TSU-HI IS ASTONISHED                      247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XV. DICK AND DAVID TURN THE TABLES            265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XVI. FREEDOM AGAIN                             282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XVII. A CHAPTER OF ADVENTURES                   299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XVIII. TERRORS OF THE MONGOLIAN DESERT           317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XIX. A FIGHT TO A FINISH                       336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XX. THE SECRET OF THE RUINS                   352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                         Page\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \"THE BRUTE SPRANG FULL AT DAVID\"     _Frontispiece_   316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    BURGLARS AT THE STORE                                  82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \"A FLAME SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED THE 'TWEEN DECKS\"       130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \"A ROAR OF APPLAUSE GREETED THE FIFTH SHOT\"           172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \"IN A SECOND DAVID WAS ON HIM\"                        252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    STORMING THE BARRICADE                                346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUNDER THE CHINESE DRAGON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEbenezer speaks his Mind\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr. Ebenezer Clayhill was a man who impressed his personality upon one,\u003cbr\u003eso that those who had once obtained but a passing glimpse of him could\u003cbr\u003enot fail but recognise him, however long afterwards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fust it's his nose what strikes yer,' had declared old Isaac Webster,\u003cbr\u003ewhen ensconced with his bosom friends of an evening down in the snug\u003cbr\u003eparlour of the 'Three Pigeons.' 'It's just the most almighty one as ever\u003cbr\u003eI seed, and I've seed a power of noses, I have, Mr. Jarney.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe sniffed and looked across at that individual, as if he challenged him\u003cbr\u003eto disprove the statement, or even to doubt it; for Jarney was a\u003cbr\u003ecross-grained fellow, an old weather-beaten boatman, into whose\u003cbr\u003ecomposition quite a considerable quantity of salt seemed to have been\u003cbr\u003eabsorbed. The man was short in stature and in manner. There was an\u003cbr\u003eacidity about his voice which made him the reverse of popular, though\u003cbr\u003ewhen he held forth in the cosy parlour of the public-house there were\u003cbr\u003efew who failed to listen; for Jarney had travelled. Unlike Isaac\u003cbr\u003eWebster, he had not been a stay-at-home all his days, but had seen\u003cbr\u003ethings and people which were strange for the most part to the old\u003cbr\u003ecronies who gathered together of an evening. No one dare dispute\u003cbr\u003eJarney's statements, for to do so was to lay oneself open to a course of\u003cbr\u003escathing, biting sarcasm, in which Jarney excelled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsaac coughed, finding that Jarney had failed to answer. 'I've seed a\u003cbr\u003epower of noses, I have, Mr. Jarney,' he repeated in his most solemn\u003cbr\u003etones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe boatman, comfortably quartered in a huge arm-chair in the centre of\u003cbr\u003ethe circle about the blazing fire, twisted his eyes round till they were\u003cbr\u003efixed on the speaker. He pulled the short clay which he was smoking out\u003cbr\u003eof his mouth with a hand bearing many a tar stain, and contemplated it\u003cbr\u003ewith much interest. His lips curled back in what was meant to be a\u003cbr\u003ederisive smile, then back went the pipe between his toothless gums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'You've seed a sight of noses, you have, Mr. Webster,' he growled.\u003cbr\u003e'Well, so has we all. There's noses all round us most of the day. I\u003cbr\u003ecould yarn to yer about a nigger man 'way out in the Caroline Islands\u003cbr\u003ewho'd a nose that you couldn't pass in a day's walk, it war that big and\u003cbr\u003eattractive. But you was talkin' of this here Ebenezer Clayhill.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Him as ain't long come to these parts,' interposed another of the men\u003cbr\u003egathered about the fire. 'Him as you're acting gardener to, Mr.\u003cbr\u003eWebster.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Or rather, him as has gone and married the lady as you've been gardener\u003cbr\u003eto this three years past,' ventured a third. 'Mrs. Harbor that was; now\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Ebenezer Clayhill.'","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101165830384,"sku":"2940016060637","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016060637","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}