The Yellow Wave (Kenneth Mackay 1895)

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia (1895) by Kenneth Mackay.] Chapter XIV. The storming of the fort. As Hatten passed the dining-hall, now converted into a hospital, he met Heather. Through the half-opened … [Read more...] about Book 4, chapter 14 [The Yellow Wave, by Kenneth Mackay, 1895]

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia (1895) by Kenneth Mackay.] Chapter XIII. The siege of Fort Mallarraway. An hour after Hatten left the Fort at the head of the ‘Ringers,’ the watchers on the roof of the … [Read more...] about Book 4, chapter 13 [The Yellow Wave, by Kenneth Mackay, 1895]

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia (1895) by Kenneth Mackay.] Chapter XII. The defence of Longreach. When Leroy left the ruined house, his first impulse was to at once confront Hoffman; but as he hurried … [Read more...] about Book 4, chapter 12 [The Yellow Wave, by Kenneth Mackay, 1895]

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia (1895) by Kenneth Mackay.] Chapter XI. A sacrifice on the altar of ambition. At daybreak on the morning after his interview with Zenski, Leroy started for Charleville, drawn … [Read more...] about Book 4, chapter 11 [The Yellow Wave, by Kenneth Mackay, 1895]

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia (1895) by Kenneth Mackay.] Chapter X. The council of war. In Fort Mallarraway a feeling of doubt and unrest pervaded every breast. Ignorant that the Kalmucks, who had so … [Read more...] about Book 4, chapter 10 [The Yellow Wave, by Kenneth Mackay, 1895]

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia (1895) by Kenneth Mackay.] Chapter IX. The sacking of Hughenden. The rumours of which Hatten had spoken in his letter to Cameron were only too true. Normanton had fallen … [Read more...] about Book 4, chapter 9 [The Yellow Wave, by Kenneth Mackay, 1895]

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia (1895) by Kenneth Mackay.] Chapter VIII. The escape. When first Johnson told his story, Cameron sat as a man stunned. Then, as he realized that the horror which filled even … [Read more...] about Book 4, chapter 8 [The Yellow Wave, by Kenneth Mackay, 1895]

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia (1895) by Kenneth Mackay.] Chapter VII. ‘Hatten’s ringers’. When once convinced by President Musgrave that the danger of attack from the Gulf was not only possible but … [Read more...] about Book 4, chapter 7 [The Yellow Wave, by Kenneth Mackay, 1895]

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia (1895) by Kenneth Mackay.] Chapter VI. A close shave. Four days before the attack on Point Parker, Ted Johnson drove Edith and her mother from Isis Downs to Cloncurry, where … [Read more...] about Book 4, chapter 6 [The Yellow Wave, by Kenneth Mackay, 1895]

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia (1895) by Kenneth Mackay.] Chapter V. The news is carried south. On the afternoon which saw the streets of Point Parker full of armed and hostile soldiers, Frank McLean sat … [Read more...] about Book 4, chapter 5 [The Yellow Wave, by Kenneth Mackay, 1895]