A Chinese Command

A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas

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A Chinese Command, subtitled A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas, is credited to Harry Collingwood. Chapter One, called The Outcast, has a tall, fair-haired young giant in the small but cosily-furnished sitting-room of the little cottage at Kingston-on-Thames. The tall, fair-haired young giant says poor old Murray is sure to be drenched when he gets back, as well as frozen to the bone.

A speaker offers forty pounds a month from the day the listener signs on until he leaves the ship on her return to England, plus a share of one-twentieth of his profits. Grapnels were hove aboard each junk, and two parties of boarders, with Frobisher and the lieutenant at their head, scrambled up on the decks of the junks. The pirates, knowing that they could expect no mercy, showed none, and no quarter was given on either side.

About the author

Harry Collingwood

Harry Collingwood is the pen name of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster (1851-1922), a British civil engineer and novelist. He wrote adventure books for boys, nearly all set at sea. His titles include "The Log of the Flying Fish" and "Two Gallant Sons of Devon".