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A sequence of episodic scenes set on a Caribbean island follows a homesick young man and a woman who delights in the sea after a chance meeting on a mountain slope. Their developing acquaintance is traced through hotel salons, mountain hideaways, and city streets as bouts of flirtation and comic misunderstanding alternate with threats of local unrest, illness, and shifting fortunes. The narrative blends light romance and witty banter with observational sketches of exile, cultural friction, and the island’s political and natural hazards across distinct, self-contained chapters.

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Title: The Unspeakable Perk

Author: Samuel Hopkins Adams

Release date: February 1, 2004 [eBook #5009]
Most recently updated: April 13, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Robert Rowe, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

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The Unspeakable Perk

by Samuel Hopkins Adams


Contents

I. MR. BEETLE MAN
II. AT THE KAST
III. THE BETTER PART OF VALOR
IV. TWO ON A MOUNTAIN-SIDE
V. AN UPHOLDER OF TRADITIONS
VI. FORKED TONGUES
VII. “THAT WHICH THY SERVANT IS—”
VIII. LOS YANKIS
IX. THE BLACK WARNING
X. THE FOLLY OF PERK
XI. PRESTO CHANGE
XII. THE WOMAN AT THE QUINTA
XIII. LEFT BEHIND
XIV. THE YELLOW FLAG