ליבריסטאן

"To Siberia–Cedar Island!"

"Yes, mother. From what I can make out, father is there, a prisoner of some people called the Svlachkys, and all on account of a wonderful stone chest, said to be filled with gold and silver."

"It cannot be true, Bob."

"I think it is. This dead sailor's name was Ruel Gross—-"

"Ruel Gross!" Mrs. Cromwell started. "I heard of him before. Your father said he possessed a wonderful secret."

"He did–about the stone chest. The whole truth is, so far as I can understand, he got father to go up there in search of it. After it was found they got into some trouble with the natives, and Ruel Gross abandoned father to his fate. Here is a handmade map of the locality."

"Pray Heaven your father still lives," murmured Mrs. Cromwell. "But you say you are going up there. How?"

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מתוך: ג"א הנטי (1832-1902), תיבת האבן (1899), פרק 2

G.A. (George Alfred) Henty, The Stone Chest, Chapter II: Off For Zaruth

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1. הטקסט המלא

2. מידע על ג"א הנטי

3. עוד יצירות של הסופר

4. אתר הבית של Henty Society

5. פריוויו ב-Google Books של הספר Narrating Africa: George Henty and the Fiction of Empire, שבוחן את הסיפורים של הנטי כמקרה מייצג של הספרות הקולוניאלית בכלל וזו של האימפריה הבריטית בפרט.

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