Captain Briggs, a drunkard and a tyrannical brute, while cruising in the South Seas in the 1870's, steals an idol from some islanders and thereby provokes an attack on his ship. The natives ... Read allCaptain Briggs, a drunkard and a tyrannical brute, while cruising in the South Seas in the 1870's, steals an idol from some islanders and thereby provokes an attack on his ship. The natives are beaten, and their witch calls down a curse on the captain. In port Briggs sells his op... Read allCaptain Briggs, a drunkard and a tyrannical brute, while cruising in the South Seas in the 1870's, steals an idol from some islanders and thereby provokes an attack on his ship. The natives are beaten, and their witch calls down a curse on the captain. In port Briggs sells his opium cargo, becomes wealthy, and marries. In time, the captain's wife and child die, and hi... Read all
