King of the Rocks: A Novel (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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John standish, captain of the finest liner, and commodore of the fleet owned by the largest steamship company trading in the Southern Hemi sphere, was seated one morning in his private room at the Grosvenor, Sydney, an hotel where he was always to be found during the few days his steamer stayed in that port. A knock came to his door; an obsequious waiter entered.

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