The Opium Ship

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The Opium Ship (1919) – Two Irishmen, one a drunk, the other consumptive, are shanghaied into becoming crew on a schooner that has been hijacked to smuggle opium in the South China Sea between the Philippines and Thailand. Between a typhoon, a shipwreck, a mid ocean rendezvous with a smuggler’s junk, and the attentions of two kidnapped women, this is anything but a leisure cruise. The Opium Ship was first published in 4 parts in The Thrill Book Semi-Monthly Magazine beginning in July, 1919.

Chapter I. – The Fiddler.

Chapter II. – The Schooner.

Chapter III. – Arevalo Takes Charge.

Chapter IV. – Canaughan Bargains.

Part 2 – Synopsis Of Preceding Chapters.

Chapter V. – The “Chang Yan.”

Chapter VI. – The Sea Tryst.

Chapter VII. – Desmond Adventures.

Chapter VIII. – Ashore.

Part 3 – Synopsis Of Preceding Chapters.

Chapter IX. – On The Beach.

Chapter X. – In The Night.

Chapter XI. – Off!

Part 4 – Synopsis Of Preceding Chapters.

Chapter XII. – O’Sullivan Puts His Foot In It.

Chapter XIII. – Personally Conducted.

Chapter XIV. – Fair Sailing.

Henry James O’Brien Bedford-Jones (1887-1949) was born in Napanee, Ontario, Canada in 1887. After being encouraged to try writing by his friend, writer William Wallace Cook, Bedford-Jones began writing dime novels and pulp magazine stories. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname “King of the Pulps”.

The Opium Ship contains 5 illustrations.

About the author

Henry James O’Brien Bedford-Jones (1887-1949) was born in Napanee, Ontario, Canada in 1887. After being encouraged to try writing by his friend, writer William Wallace Cook, Bedford-Jones began writing dime novels and pulp magazine stories. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname “King of the Pulps”.

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