Stolen Idols
                                            
                            By E. Phillips Oppenheim
                            
                                18 Oct, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        Brief Extract: The country through which they passed was swamp-riven and desolate, though in the far distance were rice fields and the curiously fashioned roofs of a Chinese village. The sun beat down upon the glasslike water. The air was windless. F
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                                                Brief Extract: The country through which they passed was swamp-riven and desolate, though in the far distance were rice fields and the curiously fashioned roofs of a Chinese village. The sun beat down upon the glasslike water. The air was windless. Further movement seemed impossible until from the smaller boat, through unexpectedly opened hatches, half a dozen oars were suddenly thrust into the water. Less