Overland Monthly
CONTENTS
As TALK EM IN THE SANCTUM 561
EXPKRIENCES OF A "BLACKBIRDER" AMONG THE GILBERT ISLANDERS. Arthur Inkersley and W. H. Brommage 565
Illustrated from Photos.
DID A CHINAMAN DISCOVER AMERICA? Frederic J. Masters 576
AVE, ATQUE VALE. Jeremiah Lynch 588
Illustrated from Drawings by Grace Wetherell.
AMOK ! A MALAYAN STORY. Roimsei'dle Wildman 59
Illustrated from Drawings by Miss M.J. Williamson, and from Washes by Boeringcr.
THE LARK'S SECRET. Warren Trnitt 599
MHS. LOFTY'S DIARY. Batter- man Lindsay 600
AT THE SIGN OF THE RED CROSS. G. Hunt' .
ing ton Redding, M, D 6 1
Illustrated from Drawing by Wooster, and
from Photos.
Two NOTABLE EXHIBITS. Fred Warren Parks. f> I. NEVADA. II. THE CANADIAN EXHIBIT. Illustrated from Drawings by Boeringer and Tel'bs, and from Photos.
THE TRAMP PROBLEM. E. Hofer 62
COUNSEL MUST HANG Too. A STORY OF PIO- NEER JUSTICE. Flora Haines Loughead 63
Illustrated from Drawings by Dixon.
AN EGYPTIAN BALL. Natalie de A'ontski 64
PACIFIC COAST OYSTERS. /. G, Cooper... 64
Illustrated from Drawings by Boeringer and De Montreal.
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