| 单词 | half-caste |
| 例句 | Each year, she was voted Prettiest Girl in their form, and she would wryly say, “Its just because I’m a half-caste. How can I be finer than Zainab?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But anyway, I was telling them about back home and how all the boys were chasing me because I was a half-caste, and they said I was dissing myself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Of course. Where all the boys chase the half-caste girls.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The same way she laughed, with an open, accepting enjoyment of her own looks, when people asked her “Is your mother white? Are you a half-caste?” because she was so fair-skinned. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z So now I say biracial, and I’m supposed to be offended when somebody says half-caste. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was just because I was a half-caste. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z How many had borne half-caste babies they neither remembered nor wished to remember? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The other child is a half-caste, and so fair that if you look from afar you will not even know that he is black. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She was like a half-caste, that Fulani girl, as sweet as sugar fortified with honey. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z “She was a half-caste lady. I wanted to marry her.” What Is the Color of Beauty? 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z “Like the other half-caste children,” Gyasi writes, “he could not fully claim either half of himself, neither his father’s whiteness nor his mother’s blackness. Neither England nor the Gold Coast.” ‘Homegoing,’ by Yaa Gyasi: A bold tale of slavery for a new ‘Roots’ generation 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z In the play's best scene, the rational Conan Doyle confronts the wholly irrational Staffordshire chief constable, who views Edalji as a half-caste with "something vicious and barbaric in the blood". Arthur and George | Theatre review 2010-03-23T21:30:00Z Aboriginal children, particularly “half-caste” kids, were literally stolen from their families and placed with white families. How food reveals the surpressed history of Chinese and Aboriginal Australian kinship 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z But this seemed to count for little in a world which, for all its modernity, still believed in labels such as “half-caste”, “full-blood” and “mixed race”. ‘I don’t look like most people’s idea of a Gypsy’ 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Instead of wrestling with a monstrous, chemically induced id, however, Latif’s soft-spoken Jekyll struggled with his rage from a lifetime of personal and professional derision on account of his “half-caste” identity. Why Ash Tyler is more than an ‘outdated classic male action hero’ 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z I get called half-caste, I’ve been called coloured in the last month, and often very well-meaning people are very nervous. Leïla Slimani and Afua Hirsch: ‘People have a cliched way of looking at race’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z His grandmother spoiled him as a “white” child, other kids called him a “half-caste”, and he was never sure which ethnic group to join in the school playground. The Daily Show's Trevor Noah: ‘I am extremely political’ 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z She is a Xhosa-speaking black woman and he was termed “half-caste”, having a Swiss father. Trevor Noah: from Soweto to new host of the Daily Show | Observer profile 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z At that the half-caste caught his under-lip in his teeth, and shot Crouch a glance in which was fear, mistrust and anger. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z This was a new trait in the character of the half-caste. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z Accompanying him was a half-caste, who unfortunately managed to escape. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z I suppose it is now too late, for you are as bad as he, and vain as well of your murky half-caste blood!' My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z He tries to find solace in the companionship of the half-caste Titi, in vain. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z As there were only four chairs, the half-caste, de Costa, seated himself on a large chest, with three heavy padlocks, which stood against the wall farthest from the door. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z They also interviewed an interpreter, a half-caste Spaniard from Fernando Po, who assured them he could speak every native dialect of the Hinterland, from Lagos to the Congo, as well as English and German. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z Her mother was dead, and her father had determined to compel her to marry a wealthy Chilianian half-caste; in fact, everything was arranged for the marriage to take place in ten days' time. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z The son of a British officer whom he barely knew, Marley was a social outcast as a “half-caste.” Bob Marley’s Passions Extended Beyond Ganja, Women, Soccer: Film 2012-02-13T00:30:23Z He did business with the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and reportedly suggested "no-good half-caste" Aborigines be sterilised so they would "breed themselves out in the future". Gina Rinehart, Australian mining magnate and now media mogul 2012-02-08T18:05:58Z Side by side, these two men, who were already sworn enemies in secret, bent over the prostrate figure of the half-caste. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z The long night passed in waiting, and still there was no sign of the half-caste brothers. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z We had as interpreter a half-caste called Yandall, who had some shadowy claim to the royal blood of England in his veins. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Indigo planters beat their half-caste wives to death, and English magistrates looked the other way. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z Did none of these intermarry with Aryans, and leave a half-caste Semitic or Negro or Tartar progeny behind them? The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z On one knee upon the floor, with an arm upraised as if in self-protection, was the half-caste, de Costa, with abject fear stamped upon every feature of his face. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Throughout the days that followed, the mountains witnessed the almost superhuman efforts of two men: Sheikh Bayram, the Black Dog of the Cameroons, and Cortes, the half-caste Spaniard of the Coast. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z He had but twenty cloths or so left of the stock he had deposited with the man called sheriff, the half-caste, drunken tailor, who was sent by the British consul in charge of the goods. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z The only protest was by Doroteo Cortes, a half-caste lawyer, who interposed as the pipe had to pass between two fish-ponds belonging to him, and he extorted a blackmail $800 to withdraw his opposition. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z It is the fashion to describe the half-caste offspring of such mixed marriages as having all the vices of both races, and none of the virtues. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z He had been able to sum up the half-caste at a glance. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z The half-caste was all impatience to overtake the fugitive. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z The half-caste women are physically finer than the men, but they are said to be very generally, if not uniformly, sterile. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Let the reader contrast the behaviour of the Spaniard and the half-caste, now posing as an “Americanista.” The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z It met its death at the hands of an irreligious half-caste, whose continued sanity after this sacrilegious deed was attributed to his foreign parentage. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z It was that which belonged to the half-caste, de Costa, whom he had met five years before in St. Paul de Loanda. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z And midway between Harry Urquhart and the half-caste guide, standing upright at the central angle, was Sheikh Bayram, the Black Dog of the Cameroons, like a great bird of prey perched above its eyrie. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z Many of the villagers had collected round, and one of them, a half-caste, expressed the wish that I should paint the chief in colours, like the picture of the girl. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z If he becomes wealthy he may very likely become a Christian, less, perhaps, from any conviction or faith, but from motives of interest, and to facilitate his marriage to a native woman, or half-caste. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z A Zanzibari native was "tending" the engine, and a half-caste Portuguese was at the wheel. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z The little half-caste, resting his elbows on his knees, took his head between his hands, and rocked from side to side. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z As the Germans gathered themselves together for a final charge, Harry, Jim Braid, and the half-caste rushed together from the parapet to the only box of ammunition that remained. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z "Nobody can get on him," said the Ainu half-caste, "but if you think you can ride him he will go like the wind." Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z The hammock was borne by two perspiring half-caste Portuguese, and was attached to a pole, and on board I swung, while James got on board the horse. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Among this element, separatist ideas spread with marvelous rapidity owing to the peculiarity of the character of the native and of the half-caste, more especially the Chinese half-caste. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z I found him thrashing that half-caste within an inch of his life. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z It was during these days that the boys came to love the wizened half-caste in whose hands was their fate. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z A half-caste offered to show me the way. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z In addition to the half-caste Tartars of Macedonia there are the pure Tartars who for several centuries past have inhabited the highlands of Asia Minor, and who are credited with great trustworthiness. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z He was the cause of the entry into the lodges of hundreds of indian and half-caste clerks, laborers, employees, petty merchants and others of all classes and employments. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z He had not been slow in discovering the weak point in Cæsar's line of defence: the little half-caste could be induced to speak the truth. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z The half-caste stood upright, every muscle taut, his eyes ablaze, his clenched teeth showing in the blackness of his long moustache. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z The half-caste told me that black bears seldom attack men unless they are hungry. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z The half-caste loves grace, verbal elegance, quibbles even, and artistic form; great passions and desires do not move him. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z From this time the element of politico-social decomposition gained ground among the native and half-caste population. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z The half-caste had evidently not forgotten the insult which Crouch had hurled in his teeth; for now his demeanour changed, and he laughed. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z One thing, however, was perfectly certain: that this man--who apparently was the marksman who had so effectively scattered the Germans--was not one of the half-caste guides. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z A select few have even gone so far as to forget their strongest national characteristic of dirt; and, to my great amazement, one day I saw an Ainu half-caste actually taking a hot bath. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z He was a sort of half-caste Arab, I suppose, and yellow, not black. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z In climbing a steep hill the male passengers were often unceremoniously ordered out of the vehicle by the half-caste driver and compelled to walk to the summit. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z Max looked at the half-caste, and thought that never before had he set eyes upon so despicable an object. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z The half-caste returned to the fire, where he sat down, holding out his hands to warm them. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z There is not a single Ainu now to be found in Nippon, with the exception of a child, a half-caste, whose mother was an Ainu, and who lives about sixty miles south of Awomori. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z For example, in Lamoo one forenoon a half-caste Arab insulted me. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z He had lived like a half-caste, drifting between two races and belonging to neither. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z "Why did you strike that man?" he demanded, pointing to the half-caste. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z He was about to rise to his feet, but the half-caste held him down by force. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z The population of pure Spanish blood numbered only six hundred families in 1678, but the half-caste Christian population was much larger, there being twelve hundred persons of Spanish or mixed blood at San Felipe alone. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Well, the half-caste he spat in the fire. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z I said to myself, for I recognized it as belonging to Manuel, the half-caste. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z The shrieks of the half-caste, the growling of the dog and the firing of Max's revolver had been enough to have awakened the dead. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z "If Cortes were only here," said the half-caste, "the task would be easy; the Black Dog would be ours." Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z Taking from the nearest tribe a little half-caste girl, perhaps eight years of age, he sent her south to school, and, cutting off all communication with her people, sat himself down to watch results. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z The half-caste giv’ a start; then he grew soft all of a sudden. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z All three were armed, and in the man in the middle, when he called upon us to surrender, I recognized the blackguardly half-caste Manuel. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z De Costa, though he was but half a European, was loaded with the white man's burden, with the heart of only a half-caste to see him through. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z And the dark eyes of a half-caste are the most expressive and the most beautiful in the world. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z But as there was nothing against him personally or the Fijian half-caste Bill, they were permitted to return ashore. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z ‘They do not hide,’ said the half-caste, and he shifted his gun as he looked at the chief from the corner of his eyes. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z "I might mention, however, that Silvestre and the half-caste will give no further trouble." The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z Listening outside the hut, he had overheard the greater part of the conversation which had taken place between Crouch and the fever-stricken half-caste. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z These are a half-caste race, employed by their masters, the Portuguese, to purchase ivory in the interior. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z Here she made the acquaintance of a Tahitian half-caste. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z ‘Yoh!’ he said; ‘listen to his words!’—and in his excitement he raised his head, and the half-caste he stood back and lifted his gun. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z I must confess that the specimens of Indian squaws and half-caste women I had met with, had in no wise prepared me for what I found in Mrs. MacMurray. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z It was now that Max saw how invaluable the half-caste was to Cæsar. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z "If the half-caste sahib is dead he must have fallen from a horse and broke his neck," the watchman declared. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z The mate was a muscular Fijian half-caste named Bill Hicks, known as a fighting man all over Polynesia. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Nex’ thing I seed the half-caste roll over, and then sit up and point his gun at the boy’s back. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z We were then conducted to a little inn, or boarding-house, kept by a very fat half-caste Indian woman, who spoke Indian, bad French, and worse English, and who was addressed as Madame. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z From the fact that the half-caste knew nothing whatsoever of the passage, it seems likely that the Portuguese had all along intended to desert his companion at the eleventh hour. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z "I got little book here——" The half-caste gulped; a wave of sea green swept over his face; he gurgled "Sick," and made a reeling dash for the verandah. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Suddenly, after breakfast, a serious disturbance arose between the Chinese carpenter and Bill Hicks, the fierce Fijian half-caste, who was second mate. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z The half-caste gave a groan and rolled over dead, out of hate and disappointment, ’cause he’d missed. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z He looked the half-caste squarely in the face. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Cæsar lead the way to de Costa's hut; and there, Max found the half-caste stretched upon his bed, with features drawn and haggard, and his complexion of a ghastly purple hue. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z This Dharama who wants to put the brass Buddha in is really a half-caste—a tool of the prince's. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z The principal belle, whose name was Nellie, was a very handsome half-caste—a native of Hope Island. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Then it came out that the half-caste was on some mission from the head chief, and the young chap was mighty curious to know all about it; but the half-caste he were too slim. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z The block missed the half-caste by a few inches, and clanged in the hold far beneath. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z But they discovered from the natives that that night the half-caste had not left the refugee camp; indeed, he had actually been seen asleep whilst the assault was in progress. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z The speaker was a slim, very dark half-caste clad in white trousers and jaran coat. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z "A prince of the blood-royal of Hawaii, then," Frank went on, boy-like, without observing how serious and painful the conversation seemed to the poor little half-caste. The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z “Yes, that cook!” laughed Doddie, with her little throaty laugh, clipping her sentences in the half-caste fashion. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z The half-caste was at his prisoner’s side, and enjoying the episode thoroughly. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Then, his face lit up, and his only eye looked the half-caste through and through. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z As the water of life scorched its way through the thin veins of the half-caste he underwent a metamorphosis. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z “Then pray begin by putting that pistol out of the way, there’s a good fellow,” said Major Walrond, the young man who had spoken to the half-caste. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z But round the corner of the house, outside, there peeped a little face, two little brown faces, the faces of very young half-caste girls, and vanished again, giggling. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z He soon got rid of the too-effusive half-caste, and retired to his berth. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Max searched the shelf where the half-caste kept his stock of drugs, and had no difficulty in finding the very thing he wanted, namely, opium. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z It chanced that a half-caste Spanish cook, hired because he knew the speech of the natives of Guiana, was among the auditory, and he stole to the cabin wherein the two Englishmen lay sleeping soundly. The Great Mogul Many half-caste people were observed, born of intermarriage between Europeans and the aborigines. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands “Oh my!” cried the pretty half-caste, waking out of her trance. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Maseden spoke Spanish fluently, and the half-caste grinned at the joke. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z In charge of these were four Arabs, and Max had no difficulty in distinguishing Cæsar and the half-caste de Costa. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Even Pedro, the half-caste, might have dispensed with the day’s drinking bout had his cup been fashioned of the magic crystal which enables credulous people to see future events in its shadowy mirror! The Great Mogul He's a half-caste himself, only he pretends—and he scares everybody so. Where the Pavement Ends Suddenly a strained expression came over Ida’s beautiful half-caste face. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z A hinge creaked, and the half-caste announced that the señor was returning. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z In their centre was the half-caste, eager and confident, in complete command of his men, and though they were now farther away our hero could distinctly hear and understand his directions. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Thus impelled, his “Excellency” did, indeed, give the Countess and her companions a cheering message, which the half-caste women joyfully interpreted for those who did not follow the native words with complete understanding. The Great Mogul "So you have not got mad," said the half-caste skipper when he climbed up to the shack in the smoky dawn two days ahead of time. Where the Pavement Ends A few sheets of paper lay on the table between the Arab and the young half-caste. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z He did not pay the slightest heed to the half-caste Spanish jailer’s gruff command. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Tersely the young leader of the party told his news, how he had overheard the half-caste, and how two hundred Ashanti warriors were expected. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War They returned, to report that many fires were lit in the locality described by the half-caste. The Great Mogul He looked at Moy Jack once, and the half-caste trailed off into mutterings. Where the Pavement Ends But white though Ida may be, she’s a half-caste ... with her whimsies and her childish little tragedies. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z “Ach, was!” sighed Steinbaum, nevertheless retreating another step towards the door and the watchful half-caste, who had been warned to shoot straight and quickly if the prisoner attacked the august person of the portly financier. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z We have lost the birds,” he heard the half-caste growl huskily, as if his anger were choking him. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War They are proud of their racial purity, and it was formerly usual for all half-caste children to be strangled at birth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" He never even cursed any one except himself and the Chinese half-caste who sold him brandy: which was certainly allowable because the brandy was very bad. Where the Pavement Ends He loved his district and loved India; he never yearned for Holland, nor for the pageant of European civilization, even though he himself had remained very Dutch and above all hated anything that was half-caste. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Even these crude, half-caste soldiers revealed the Latin sense of the dramatic and picturesque. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z For this half-caste forgot that he himself was to blame for the existence which he now led, for the discomforts which he had now to put up with. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Her second husband—I think from reading between the lines that he was a native or at best a half-caste—was one of the many who perished. The Heart of a Woman He spoke quick words to a slim Chinese-Portuguese half-caste who immediately hurried out the back door. The Caves of Fear And, in the life of the Europeans, all the minor absurdities: the half-caste accent, with the constant little exclamations; the narrow provincial conventionality of the officials: only the Indian Council allowed to wear top-hats. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z In short, we recognise the type of a cynical half-caste Don Juan. The Woodlands Orchids Then a quick movement of the half-caste threw him off, his hands slipping from the well-oiled surface. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Mrs. de Mountford was a half-caste native, as we all suspected, but the marriage was unquestionably legal. The Heart of a Woman Doubtless she partly chose Donat because he was a man of great good-nature, but partly, too, because he was a man of the half-caste. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) My first wife was a half-caste whom I married because I was in love with her. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Though Christian marriage was unknown, the whalers appeared to be faithful to their native partners, and uniformly anxious that their half-caste children should lead a more regular life than they themselves had known. A History of the English Church in New Zealand Then he pulled a cigarette from his pocket, for this half-caste had accustomed himself to the manners of Europeans, and lit it with a match. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Amongst her own kith and kin, the half-caste population of a French settlement, she was considered very well off, almost rich. The Heart of a Woman On the contrary, he did all in his power to create a race of half-caste Portuguese. Rulers of India: Albuquerque It is the story of a half-caste who marries a white girl in order to avenge, in her degradation, his sister whom the English girl's brother had betrayed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920 Instead of the long canoe with its stalwart tatooed rowers, he would see perhaps a small motor-boat with one half-caste engineer. A History of the English Church in New Zealand The half-caste searched each corner diligently till the match burned to his fingers. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Perhaps he was not even white; perhaps he was a half-caste. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story He received the best half-caste society on his front porch, and dispensed Scanlon hospitality with a lavish hand. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas The boldest of my admirers was a young half-caste called Frasquito, whose mulatto-father was a wealthy tobacco trader and held a high position among the Cuban merchants. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba In 1856 the gala days of this half-caste people were quite over. Dr. Sevier Once again there was a shout, and one of the unfortunate natives who aided the rascally half-caste, leaped high into the air to fall next instant with a splash into the water. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Three men had emerged alive from the clash between the Hawk and the Kite: Carse himself, Friday, his gigantic negro companion in adventure, and a bearded half-caste called Sako, sole survivor of Judd's crew. The Affair of the Brains They had been too long the hangers-on of the Firm, and had seen too much of a low class of whites to be the proper guardians of a very pretty half-caste of eighteen. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas I am a half-caste—a Chinese father, a poor French mother. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China But he does not really hesitate, and every shadow of doubt disappears when he hears his fellow-prisoner, a half-caste, pattering eagerly the words demanded. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Lifting his weapon again he covered the half-caste, waited till he felt sure of his aim, and pressed the trigger. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Well, the half-caste Indians of the estancias used to give this ruin a wide berth; they had nasty stories to tell about it, stories that had been handed down through generations. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure She laughed in my face when I warned her about the labor captain, and told me straight out she was only a half-caste and it didn't matter what became of her. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas A line of living-waggons, crowded with women and children—English, American, Irish, Dutch, and half-caste—ran down the centre of the giant trench. The Dop Doctor Soon after this we took four little half-caste children to bring up. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak He is a sneaking half-caste, a rogue who cannot be trusted, and if it were not for father he should be dismissed. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War This, like that in Moncrieff's mansion, was all, or mostly, Indian work, and manufactured by our half-caste Gauchos. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure The strain on the half-caste band was awful. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas This residency, the smallest in Sarawak, is now in charge of a Eurasian, or half-caste. On the Equator The population of Ternate—native, Malay, Dutch, and half-caste—throngs the wharf; the pretty schoolmistress, in spotless muslin, waves a smiling farewell. Through the Malay Archipelago The doubt set the half-caste shivering till desperation lent him strength, and he levelled the revolver. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Strange places he took us to sometimes—the shop of a half-caste Indian, for instance, a fellow from the far south of Patagonia. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Erberveld was a half-caste agitator who had conspired with certain disaffected natives to launch a revolt, massacre all the Dutch in Batavia, and have himself proclaimed king. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China There was a remarkable increase of half-caste children without the formality of marriage with the Paraguayians. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia A Dutch officer, with a half-caste wife and two unruly children, whose violent outbreaks would even give points to the juvenile English of British India, are returning from a three years' exile at Ternate. Through the Malay Archipelago The native gasped, held up an arm, and endeavoured to speak, while the half-caste stood over him with the musket as if he would club his brains out with the butt. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War It is given up to a half-caste congregation, but its walls are lined with memorial tablets of former governors, and there are some interesting monuments outside. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore But he resented bitterly the thought of being under the orders of a half-caste. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands I knew an instance of a half-caste Indian who from a small veruga below the ankle lost two pounds of blood. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Seated at breakfast the next morning, a procession is observed approaching the house; four men carrying a large packing-case slung to a pole, and headed by a half-caste, with a small paper in his hand. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 His eyes dilated; he struggled with all his might, striking fiercely at the half-caste, and then suddenly became limp. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War This particular station was owned by some half-caste Portuguese, and worked by a mixture of aborigines and Malays, a most unpromising and ruffianly-looking set. Queensland Cousins There was a chandler's shop on the water front where sailormen could get a drink of whisky, and he spent the best part of the day there, playing cribbage with the half-caste who owned it. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands That's d——d curious, now," said Blount, in English, to one of his half-caste daughters, a girl of eighteen; "those two fellows hate each other like poison. The Tapu Of Banderah 1901 With lips drawn back from his white teeth the half-caste sprang up, and his two clenched hands pawed the air. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 The native rose feebly to his feet and glanced askance at the half-caste. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War He had Johnny Coe the half-caste, and two Samoans with him. The Call Of The South 1908 He thought of the half-caste children in Apia. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands A troop of half-caste boys and girls served, however, to represent the population, and in them the odd mixture of the Mongolian with the Scandinavian race was advantageously seen. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 There were thus but four white men left on board—the captain, second mate, two A.B.'s—and the half-caste boy Maru. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 He pointed to three others who had been struck down by the stake, and at once the half-caste bent over them. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War During the voyage to Samoa he one day asked Paut�e if she would not like to go to school in Samoa with white and half-caste girls, some of her own age, and others older. The Call Of The South 1908 He knew that when a white man marries a native or a half-caste he must expect her relations to look upon him as a gold mine. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands The half-caste raised his dark, lowering face and looked at his father, and for a moment or so he breathed heavily. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 The brigantine was armed with two 6-pounders, and these, so the Ambry half-caste said, were still loaded with "bags of bullets" when she came to an anchor. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 “He won’t stand, then!” cried the half-caste, his cruel nature delighted at the sight of so much suffering, and at the plight in which he saw the son of his old employer. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War On shore, with money in his pocket, he descended to the level of the lowest beach-comber, and was always in trouble for thumping somebody—generally another half-caste or a policeman. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 The owner was a half-caste named Horn, with a native wife surrounded by little brown children, and on the ground-floor he had a store where he sold canned goods and cottons. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands A few hurried words passed between Palmer and the half-caste, and then the former directed his men to carry the prisoner up to the house. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 "Who is that horrible, sulky-looking half-caste?" she said, jerking her sunshade towards my late companion. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 “See what a good healer I am,” laughed the half-caste. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War To Susie Sum Fat, his landlord's pretty half-caste daughter, he showed the missive, and asked her to lend him one of her father's best shirts. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 The half-caste was standing on the landing and with his assistance he managed to get her on the bed. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Then the half-caste, having finished his pipe, rose. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 See," said he, to the only man among them who spoke his dialect—a Fijian half-caste from Loma-loma—"this is my scheme. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 For a few seconds the half-caste was taken aback, for at heart he was an arrant coward, and the mere mention of what might happen to him was sufficient to shake his nerve. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Then for the first time during the voyage the half-caste missed striking his fish. John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 Once a Swedish half-caste, ruined by the burning, had gone to him and roundly accused him of arson. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands No," answered the half-caste, pushing her aside roughly; "marriage with thee or any other woman is not to my mind. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 Maru, the keen-eyed half-caste, who was the first to notice their approach, knew from the manner in which the canoes kept together that something unusual was about to occur, and instantly called the captain. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 “The lions have had a good view of him,” he laughed, as he nodded to the crowd, who evidently held the half-caste in some awe. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War The half-caste peaked and socketed his oar, and looked at the officer. John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 He was a half-caste, but even that amount of white blood made him possible to talk to. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands She was the half-caste daughter of the old trader. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 You see, you don't speak either Rarotongan or Samoan, and half-caste wives hate talking English. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 He would have carried out his rôle of being the half-caste, and if that failed there was the revolver. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Then the captain no longer placed any check on himself, and he swore that he would either make the half-caste yield or else kill him. John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 To a half-caste trader he was Mr Walker. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Taking his father's glass from the bracket on the wall in the sitting-room, the half-caste walked out of the house to a spot where he could obtain a clear view of the ship. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 Yes," said Lawson, "she is a good girl, and, except her sister, about the only half-caste I ever knew whom I would trust implicitly. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 A glance at the face of the half-caste was sufficient to show that he was ill at ease. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War There was a big man—a half-caste, who was dressed like a white man—in charge of the four Samoans. John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 This answer, and the manner of it, staggered Bateman, but before he could ask for an explanation Edward waved to a half-caste who was driving a passing motor. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands "Yes," answered the half-caste, "I am the man." Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 Jimmy, the curly-headed half-caste who had brought him his letters from Levuka, had followed in his steps and was sitting, hat in hand, on the sofa before him when Hilliard raised his face. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Matters were beginning to look serious for King Koffee and his people, and the very sight of this half-caste, who had urged them to action and to resistance, angered them. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War The instructions given to the half-caste by the chief and Frewen were to tow the ship to the south-east, with the land on the port hand. John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 They formed a motley group, in every variety of costume: some were whites, others brown men and blacks, with two or three half-caste Indians. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting The half-caste followed Palmer into his sitting-room, and the trader, getting needles and silk thread from his wife, stitched up the wound in the man's face. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 Stevenson's tomb, with the tablet and lettering, was designed by Gelett Burgess, and was built by native workmen under the direction of a half-caste named George Stowers. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson He went to the wall which faced the hut in which dwelt the half-caste and set to work upon it. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War The old trader's half-caste son Joe was steering, and the moment the boat touched the beach, he sprang out and ran up to the house. John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 He said you knew one old woman who was a wonder; a half-caste hoodoo-worker who brewed magic potions in a big pot, and knew all the legends of the countryside. The Fifth Ace That was the story that Palmer told the half-caste Maori, who listened to him attentively throughout. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 A half-caste girl came up with a large pale-blue enamelled jug of water. The Lost Girl As for the place itself, the half-caste shall not find a home ready built for him should he elect to take up the work of gold-mining. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War "We'll see her as soon as we get round the north end, ma'am," said the half-caste, as he swung the boat's head towards a passage through the surrounding reef. John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 This was explained when they were met by a Portuguese half-caste "with jacket and hat on," who informed them that for the last two years they had been fighting the natives. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Then the half-caste unfolded his plan to Palmer and his wife. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 Our chief hunter was a remarkably fine-looking man, a half-caste. A Voyage round the World A book for boys “Give him some water, and put him in the shade,” ordered the half-caste. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Bidding his men cease pulling, and the natives in the canoes to keep silent for a moment, the burly half-caste hailed. John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 He states that the mother of a half-caste can never produce a black child, and thus the race dies. The History of Tasmania , Volume II The shot told, for as the half-caste rose to his feet he staggered. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 Mr Robarts allowed us to take a half-caste native, who had served on board a British ship and spoke a little English, as our interpreter. A Voyage round the World A book for boys For a little while the half-caste and his attendant stared at him thoughtfully, then they turned and left the hut. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War A month before her boy-husband perished in the wreck of the Pandora, she had died of a broken heart, leaving her baby, the first half-caste born in Tahiti, to be brought up by the missionaries. Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 A half-caste couple were married recently at Launceston: the expression of their countenances was extremely pleasing. The History of Tasmania , Volume II As soon as the prisoner had been disposed of for the time being, Palmer and Porter went into the dining-room, where Letan� had prepared a hurried breakfast for the half-caste. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 Three sides of a square were formed by 1,500 Spanish and half-caste volunteers and 500 regular troops. The Philippine Islands And as he did so the native strolled towards the place where the half-caste lived and peered at the door. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Marriage, I would enforce upon all, who are living with, and have children by half-caste, or Indian women. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. The whites persuaded the natives, that the lighter hue of their half-caste children resulted from the too free use of flour. The History of Tasmania , Volume II The half-caste, with a backward glance over his shoulder, saw him coming. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 A quarter of a century ago the necessary 500 or 600 Filipinos, half-caste in the majority, could have been found with all the requisite qualifications for the formation of an intelligent oligarchy. The Philippine Islands The fellow expressed little surprise when, some few minutes later, the figure of the half-caste emerged from the hut and stood out in the open. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War I often met with half-caste children, whose parents had died or deserted them; who are growing up with numbers at the different posts in great depravity. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. I haven't gone to buying yet," the half-caste explained, "so the account is intact. A Son Of The Sun The half-caste looked at her with drunken gravity. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 Until a few years ago the quarter known as the, Parian was the flourishing centre of the half-caste traders. The Philippine Islands He argued with much justice that dressed in the clothes of the half-caste he would be taken for that ruffian, while the darkness would hide all deficiencies. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Before I left the fort, I married several of the Company's servants, who had been living with, and had families by, Indian or half-caste women, and baptized their children. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. That he was working up his animosity against the half-caste, and that the explosion might come any time, was apparent to all. A Son Of The Sun Double it," said the half-caste in a low voice; "and be quick. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 Several American officers were present on the occasion, accompanied by a Spanish half-caste who acted as their interpreter. The Philippine Islands He started forward half involuntarily when the Portuguese half-caste kicked her. Black Ivory Extensive plans might be devised, and carried into effect, if patronized by an active co-operation, which would ultimately result in producing great benefits to the half-caste population, and the Indians in general. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. He held out his hand, and the half-caste took it beamingly. A Son Of The Sun One of the men was a half-caste, a fine-looking, grave, earnest fellow, who spoke English pretty well. Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land A young creole named Chofré, well known in Manila, went out to Mariquina to take photographic views with a foreign half-caste friend of his named Augustus Morris. The Philippine Islands In advance of the line marched a tall, powerfully-built half-caste, armed with a musket and small axe, and clad in a loose coat, short drawers reaching the knees, and straw hat. Black Ivory Before I left, the officer was married to one of the best informed and most improved half-caste women I had seen. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. Narii Herring—he's an English Jew half-caste—owns and runs her, and his only assets are his nerve, his debts, and his whiskey bills. A Son Of The Sun We intend to purchase three mules and set off under the guidance of a half-caste Californian, to visit different parts of this country. Digging for Gold Adventures in California They were detained there by a ruse on the part of a half-caste pilot, and in the meantime the treasure was stealthily carried away. The Philippine Islands Pity that he could not forge a chain which would for ever restrain the murderous hands of the Arabs and half-caste Portuguese, who, for ages, have blighted his land with their pestilential presence! Black Ivory The Russians it appears are affording religious instruction in the establishment of schools for the education of half-caste children, with those of the natives in their Factories on the North-west coast of North America. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. He was guilty of sharp, ugly curses, and he snapped and growled at the imperturbable half-caste. A Son Of The Sun The guide was a French-Canadian, and his wife had been a Scotch half-caste, so what the daughter was is more than I can tell; but I know what she looked like. Away in the Wilderness In 1854 a Spanish half-caste, named Cuesta, came back from Spain with the rank of major, and at once broke out into open rebellion. The Philippine Islands Here they met with a Portuguese half-caste who was reputed one of the greatest monsters of cruelty in that part of the country. Black Ivory He and a powerful half-caste in his employment were found sheltered behind the high wall of a cattle enclosure, well armed. Six Months at the Cape The half-caste smiled and nodded acquiescence as he folded up the money. A Son Of The Sun They were an Indian, named “The Black Swan,” his wife, named “The White Swan,” and a half-caste trapper, whose proper name was unknown to all save himself. Silver Lake When he stopped at length, a short distance off, we recognised one of my father’s servants—a half-caste named José. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Human nature, in short, was powerfully developed, without anything particular to suggest the idea of “savage” life, or to justify the opinion of Arabs and half-caste Portuguese that black men are all “cattle.” Black Ivory A half-caste, who claimed to be a British subject, belonging to Trinidad, had been killed, and two or three others had been made prisoners. The Three Lieutenants In a consultation held in the cabin the half-caste engineer begged and pleaded to stop the engine for half an hour in order to cool it and to attend to the water circulation. A Son Of The Sun Avoiding their friend with the comical head-dress, they made their way to the camp of some Ambakistas, or half-caste Portuguese, who had gone across to trade in wax. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Some half-caste chaps had got it pegged out, and I dessay skinning had stretched it a bit.” Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco “All ready,” replied the half-caste, in a gruff tone of voice, “but what are you going to do with these English brutes?” Black Ivory He had come to warn the white man of the destruction of his dwelling, but he did not count the half-caste girl of any value one way or another. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas The half-caste swore that the engine would ruin itself and stop anyway and for good. A Son Of The Sun I seed him palaverin’ with one o’ them islanders at Tristan—they’re a sort of half-caste tan colour there, like mulattoes in the States. Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes The black priest looks upon the parish priest as a sort of ecclesiastical half-caste, who should obey blindly, sharing all the onerous duties but none of the honors of the calling. Rabbi and Priest A Story “Wot’s the matter with her, poor thing?” asked Disco of a half-caste Portuguese, dressed in something like the garb of a sailor. Black Ivory Only a half-caste girl murdered, and a hut burnt. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas Mixture with the white race had produced "a very high-class half-caste," mixture with the Chinese a "very desirable type," but the union of black and "Melanesian types ... produces a very undesirable citizen." Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 You'll find the story in any book: the chap was a half-caste Guy Fawkes who conspired to deliver Batavia to the King of Bantam, was caught, tried, and torn asunder by horses. The Spinner's Book of Fiction I thought possibly the child might be half-caste, but feel sure now he is pure European, more suggestive of Spanish or Italian blood, I think. Chatterbox, 1905. They were negroes, secured by the necks or wrists—men, women, and children,—and guarded by armed half-caste Portuguese. Black Ivory The girl is good-looking, I suppose, for a half-caste. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas The English feel it and the natives, too; yet we hold the respect of both, as no other half-caste line in India. Son of Power We passed a new house where a number of half-caste carpenters were briskly at work. The Spinner's Book of Fiction It is to the boy that we must now turn our attention, the half-caste boy who had received such a heritage of decency and honour from one side of his house. Civilization Tales of the Orient “I do not wish to overcome them,” said the half-caste. Black Ivory "And how did that little half-caste come off?" asked Jim Dent. Jack Haydon's Quest On the main deck, a long way beneath, near an open hatch, a half-caste Chilean was lying on his back. The Captain of the Kansas She, however, got no scholars but the half-caste daughters of the soldiers. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field His mother had gone obediently back to the provinces, as had been arranged, the house passed into other hands, and the half-caste boy was sent off to school somewhere, to finish his education. Civilization Tales of the Orient “In that case,” replied the half-caste, “I can return to the coast without you.” Black Ivory It was the shirt which the half-caste had rent from his breast, and he had replaced it with a spare one which had been among their store. Jack Haydon's Quest The half-caste quarter-master at the wheel muttered "Madonna!" and tried to remember a prayer. The Captain of the Kansas White, Negro, half-caste, and Indian may be seen sitting side by side on the jury-bench. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America The best half-caste in the East is, of course, the Eurasian of British parentage. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma “Eighty are enough to conquer any of the bow and spear tribes of this region,” replied the half-caste carelessly. Black Ivory Jack faced the doorway, and the Ruby King and the half-caste, with their followers clustered behind them, were on his left. Jack Haydon's Quest He was a half-caste; his English was to the point. The Captain of the Kansas Well, for the last ten years she has had an invaluable maid—Fernanda, a Portuguese half-caste, a treasure, who waited on and nursed her, and took entire charge of the housekeeping. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma He had teeth like the half-caste, but the resemblance stopped there. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys At the entrance stood a savage-looking Portuguese half-caste armed with a gun. Black Ivory It struck, struck with all its might, and drove its deadly fangs deep into the throat of the half-caste. Jack Haydon's Quest "Is he a half-caste, a tall, brown-skinned man, who affects an American drawl when he speaks English—a man prominent in Santiago society and in mining circles generally?" The Captain of the Kansas It was like this, sorr, I'm country-born; me father was a sergeant in the Irish Rifles, me mother was a half-caste—an Anglo-Indian from Ceylon—so I'm half Irish, quarter Cingalese. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma Then my training under the half-caste told in my favour. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys “Would you like to see what our guns can do?” asked the half-caste. Black Ivory "If either of you speak another word," said the half-caste smoothly, "I'll gag you till you choke." Jack Haydon's Quest Indeed, the worst bully in the school was a half-caste, whose smile, when he showed his gleaming teeth, boded worse than any other boy’s frown. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys Evidently, like most of those around us, she was some kind of half-caste; but, unlike them, she was wickedly handsome. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor "It was from among these old convicts or ex-convict settlers and their half-caste progeny that the slave-trading element, denounced by the Belgian Government, was largely recruited; they at least were its most direct agents." Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 The half-caste listened for a moment, and his black eyes searched the gully. In the Roaring Fifties The fate of the half-caste was striking and dreadful. Jack Haydon's Quest The slaves were aided in propagating the false accusation by the half-caste Ujijian slaves at the camp. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi Suspecting what I did of this tigerish half-caste, I could almost have found it in my heart to return her savage pleasantries with interest. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor The slave-party consisted of five or six half-caste coast Arabs, who said that they came from Zanzibar; but the crowd made such a noise that we could not hear ourselves speak. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 He knew there was no occasion to warn the half-caste, in whom the instincts of his mother's people were paramount. In the Roaring Fifties The half-caste said nothing, only grinned in evil joy, and Jack closed his eyes again with a groan of despair. Jack Haydon's Quest The little party on the roof consisted of some twenty British officers, the same number of half-caste buglers and drummers, and half a dozen European soldiers. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief I cried, "the half-caste woman whom I saw in the hotel …" Nayland Smith shrugged his shoulders. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor The man who fired the shot despatching Black, a half-caste Boer named Graham, stated on his return from Pretoria that he was asked no questions at the so-called inquiry. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs Ryder dragged himself from the cave, upsetting the water the half-caste had placed near his bed as he did so. In the Roaring Fifties "Now the father will give way," thought the half-caste, and strained his ears to catch a sound of yielding from Thomas Haydon. Jack Haydon's Quest He was a small-statured, kindly-looking man, a half-caste, who displayed a friendly manner and showed me where I could camp near his house. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan When the woman addressed me," he continued, "my surmise that she was some kind of half-caste, probably a Eurasian, was confirmed by her broken English. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor His garrison numbered only fifty men all told, half of them being Dutch deserters and the remainder half-caste topasses, with only two English officers, Lieutenant Elliott and Sergeant Bowler. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India The half-caste brought with him a wild duck he had trapped, and set about cooking this in its feathers. In the Roaring Fifties Oh," thought Jack, "this fellow recognises the half-caste and fears the vengeance of a powerful enemy. Jack Haydon's Quest It is largely due to the low standard of purity among men that we owe the almost insoluble problem presented by the existence of the large Eurasian population in India, and of the half-caste generally. The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis Clearly she was a half-caste of some kind, probably a Eurasian. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor "Do you think that any white woman would marry you—a half-caste?" had cried the woman, whose bills were coming in in shoals. The Hawk of Egypt "And I've no intention whatever of having a half-caste for a son-in-law." Far to Seek A Romance of England and India The half-caste paused a little, then laughed gaily. Jack Haydon's Quest "The universal unanimity of the popular verdict on the half-caste is remarkable," says Olive Schreiner in some powerful articles published in Blackwood on the problems presented by our Colonial Empire. The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis White or half-caste priest, missionary, or trader, all were treated the same. The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls Yes, she was happy, his beloved, most honoured mother; at least she had been, until there had come the question of her child's happiness, her half-caste child! The Hawk of Egypt That fine fiancé of yours—after worming himself into our good graces—turns out to be practically a half-caste. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India "It is a slow death, but terribly sure," went on the half-caste. Jack Haydon's Quest To a half-caste woman upon whom I knew I could rely—for she was deeply indebted to me—I entrusted the fostering of the infant hybrid. The Green Eyes of Bâst And then they were unbound and brought before me, and the half-caste mocked me. Desert Love "She called me a half-caste, Mother!—me—a half-caste!" The Hawk of Egypt It contained too many lurid allusions to 'that conceited, imperialistic half-caste cousin of yours'; and Roy might resent the implied stigma as much as Dyán resented it for him. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India The half-caste and the Malay seem to keep out of the scrimmages. Jack Haydon's Quest Often did we laugh at the absurd figure presented by some stout, middle-aged half-caste, or a good many more caste, lady, clad in her manto y saya. The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal For one thing at least the book is worth reading, and that is the picture, admirably drawn, of the half-caste Orchard family, whose ways and speech and general outlook you will find an abiding joy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917 It ran after this fashion: "If you want to find your white woman go and look for her in the ruins of Karnak, at night, in the arms of her half-caste lover, Hugh Carden Ali." The Hawk of Egypt Once I remember, it was a family of half-caste children, brought to the very levee by their white father. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Jack was at once all attention to the words of the half-caste. Jack Haydon's Quest If the brilliant creole and half-caste women of this warm, tropical country, are some of the most beautiful and lovable of the sex, their sallow, sinister-looking, natural protectors are just the very opposite. The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal A half-caste Algerian, probably, came on and danced really extraordinarily well, and a negro from the States, equally ready in French and English, sang songs which the audience demanded. Simon Called Peter Slimy, sleek officials of all nationalities—the red-faced, snub-nosed Hollander, the oily Portuguese half-caste—thrust or wormed their way through the crowd to look. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria If she could find one of her own kind, a half-caste, a paragon of kindness and fidelity, she might be. White Shadows in the South Seas "Why, there I am inclined to agree with you," said the half-caste, in his silkiest tones. Jack Haydon's Quest Guarina is purely an Indian fishing village, and the only white people are the Bolivian half-caste authorities. Argentina from a British Point of View He turned to the companion who sat drinking with him, a tall, bony half-caste, her black eyes dancing in a head that quivered from an ague acquired in Illinois. Waysiders Then, there were the slave-traders from the coast, Arabs, or half-caste Portuguese, for whom natives were encouraged to collect slaves by all the horrible means of marauding and murder. The Personal Life of David Livingstone If they were whites or half-caste Mexicans they would spend their money upon fine clothes and horses, but the Indian keeps to the white cotton dress of his fathers, and is never seen on horseback. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern "It would be better, I think, for you to reconsider that decision," said the half-caste, in his cold, cruel voice. Jack Haydon's Quest The man was the sole survivor of the Bounty mutineers, and the half-caste families were the descendants of the others by their Tahitian wives. The Naval Pioneers of Australia In moving among the half-caste Eskimo children up here on the edge of things, fairness forces us to admit that neither in stature nor physique do they fall below the standard of the thorough-bred natives. The New North Everything went on beautifully for the first two hours, and then Mrs. Molly asked Denison to take out a very pretty young half-caste lady and get her a drink of milk. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories I have mentioned the word "lepero" as applied to the poor and idle class of half-caste Mexicans. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Now he saw at a flash why the half-caste had carried him off, and pursued him so closely and fiercely, yet without doing him the least harm. Jack Haydon's Quest This extract showed the Pitcairn Island, hitherto scarcely known and supposed to be uninhabited, had been visited by the whaler, which found thereon a white man and several half-caste families. The Naval Pioneers of Australia The whaler of every country and complexion from Lascar to Swede, Eskimo men and women and big-eyed babies, half-caste hybrids of these two factors, Missionaries, and Mounted Police. The New North In less than five minutes the two half-caste girls, the native woman Mina, and the old priest, were working the starboard brake, three seamen being on the lee side. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories The Mexicans, or at least the white and half-caste Mexicans, will be a difficulty. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern The half-caste at his shoulder now broke into a chuckling laugh. Jack Haydon's Quest He did not want to spoil her by portraying her as a half-caste in his picture. The Phantom Herd That bitter word "half-caste" is a distant echo of sensational novels. Kimono The two half-caste girls, with their maid and Mr. and Mrs. Lacy, came to bid Otway and the captain a brief farewell, before they went ashore in the pilot boat to D'Acosta's hotel in Matafele. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories The married women had lost the last joint of the little finger of the right hand--one had three half-caste children. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 "Oh, as to that, he will have plenty of opportunity to tell you himself in a short time," smiled the half-caste. Jack Haydon's Quest Many had gardens, and families of half-caste children, whose strength and beauty were noted by all who saw them. The Long White Cloud He was scarcely thinking of the half-caste girl who clung tightly to his neck. Kimono With me was a young Manhiki half-caste named Allan Strickland; he was about twenty-two years of age and one of the most perfect specimens of athletic manhood in the South Pacific. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories A few half-caste children have been born, but they do not appear to thrive, although this does not imply any want of attention on the part of the mothers. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 Look at this man, Thomas Haydon," said the half-caste in a low, hard voice, pointing, as he spoke, to the native; "he has killed a neighbour; he is a murderer. Jack Haydon's Quest There was the half-caste Chaseland, whose mother was an Australian "gin," and who was acknowledged to be the most dexterous and best-tempered steersman in New Zealand—when sober. The Long White Cloud "He says so, big captain," answered the little half-caste, her mouth queerly twisted. Kimono These dugouts were manned by Indian and half-caste paddlers, and the fazendeiros, who were of nearly pure white blood, also at times paddled vigorously. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Some of the half-caste ladies at the Falls of St. Mary, who have been educated in the Atlantic states, are persons of graceful and dignified manners and agreeable conversation. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America Ah," said the half-caste, squatting down in front of Jack, "I have no need to ask if you know me. Jack Haydon's Quest At another spot in the same Bay a trading schooner was seized just afterwards by order of another Hau-Hau fanatic, and all on board killed save two half-caste boys. The Long White Cloud Miss Smith is not a lady; still worse, she is a half-caste, the daughter of an adventurer journalist and a tea-house woman. Kimono He was a renegade half-caste Spaniard, who collected a great body of Indians together and established himself by a stream in the Pampas, which place none of the forces sent after him could ever discover. The Voyage of the Beagle These half-caste gentlemen of leisure fall into a system of hierarchical gradations. Theory of the Leisure Class "I, all the time," chuckled the half-caste, clicking consonants between his teeth. Jack Haydon's Quest If he belonged to some savage tribe he had a savage wife—a dozen of them perhaps—and wild, half-caste children. Tarzan of the Apes If her husband left her for a half-caste, what chance had she of keeping him when once he got back among the women of his own race? Kimono There is a record of a curious monster born of healthy half-caste African parents. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The clergy of the sects and denominations might be characterized as a half-caste priesthood, or a priesthood in process of becoming or of reconstitution. Theory of the Leisure Class Jack got up, and Saya Chone motioned to him to go outside, and Jack went, with the Malay and the half-caste in close attendance. Jack Haydon's Quest She was tall for a half-caste, with the correct profile of the father, modified and strengthened by the squareness of the lower part of the face inherited from her maternal ancestors—the Sulu pirates. Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river He and that half-caste devil had raced him back to Tokyo, had got in ahead of him, and had told a pack of lies to Asako. Kimono I could see him from this verandah standing forward, together with the half-caste master. An Outcast of the Islands Then by bad luck I fell in with 'Nkitla—you remember, the half-caste chief. Greenmantle His hands were still bound behind his back, and the half-caste held a big, blue "Smith and Wesson" within two inches of his ear. Jack Haydon's Quest “She was very beautiful and imposing,” he reflected, “but after all a half-caste girl.” Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river On the beach they found him in a blue bathing-costume sitting under an enormous paper umbrella with Miss Smith and the gipsy half-caste girl. Kimono In another five years those white people who attended the Sunday card-parties of the Governor would accept him—half-caste wife and all! An Outcast of the Islands She found a single room in which several native and half-caste women were sleeping, about them stretched and curled and perched a motley throng of dirty yellow children, dogs, pigs, and chickens. The Mucker The half-caste had been sitting with his hand in the breast of his jacket. Jack Haydon's Quest There used to be a half-caste woman in my house, but she is going even now. Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river The other passengers were Mr. J. Harton, a writer in the employ of the firm, and Mr. Septimius Goring, a half-caste gentleman, from New Orleans. The Captain of the Polestar Abdulla says plainly that if you undertake to pilot his ship out and instruct the half-caste, he will drop Willems like a hot potato and be your friend ever after. An Outcast of the Islands The first man who put the idea into my head was a half-caste Mexican, who had an extraordinary grip on the history of his country, especially as far as legends and traditions were concerned. The Mystery of the Four Fingers "This is a Malay, who is entirely devoted to U Saw's service," said the half-caste, with an evil grin. Jack Haydon's Quest The burden of taking care of one's self, which the North American had the strength to bear, has crushed the poor half-caste Spaniard. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 Here, the place affording comparative safety, lived immured the women of the garrison, the soldiers' wives, half-caste females, the wives of the meaner civilians and their children. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Wertheimer, too, would deprecate violence until all else failed; his half-caste type was as cowardly as it was blackguard; and cowards kill only impulsively, before they've had time to weigh consequences. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama "What would not one now give," exclaims Mr. Markham, "for those precious relics of Inca civilization, which the half-caste lad allowed to slip from his memory." Aboriginal American Authors Jack had known by the voice that it was the half-caste who was his companion in the howdah, but he said nothing, and Saya Chone, too, was silent. Jack Haydon's Quest There now! for an imposing structure in the florid style of half-caste begging-letters, Mrs. Diana Theodosia Comfort Green flatters herself that is hard to beat. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 "It is all very well for you," said the half-caste in a lower voice. With Edged Tools My friend, Gabral Misquitta, the half-caste, spoke it all, between moonset and morning, six weeks before he died; and I took it down from his mouth as he answered my questions. Indian Tales The half-caste is generally a lying, vicious roguel, possessing the worst qualities of both parents in an eminent degree. Life in the Backwoods The half-caste had been superintending the operation with his revolver at Jack's ear, until the knots were tight, and our hero could not move. Jack Haydon's Quest Placid and patient, the half-caste Solomon Islander, Billy Boolah, kept cheek on his impetuous partner, whose restless disposition forbade him to continue long in one stay unless circumstances were essentially favourable. Tropic Days Kept by an old half-caste woman, so they say. Pan She managed the lonely home with the help of a half-caste. Children of the Bush Suddenly, while we were at dinner, a bell was heard, and the half-caste clerk entered. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán "Cut me loose!" roared Jack to the half-caste. Jack Haydon's Quest As a matter of fact he was a half-caste, sent home to England to be educated. The White Feather A week later we were lodged in the big hut that went by the name of hotel, with the old English half-caste woman. Pan The naked toddy wallahs, generally half-caste Portuguese, modestly adorned with a single coral necklace, fetch this beverage twice a day, climbing the hundred and fifty feet high trunks like squirrels. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan She was a resplendent, golden-brown, or tan-golden half-caste, a Polynesian queen whose mother had been a queen before her, whose father was an Oxford man, an English gentleman, and a real scholar. The Little Lady of the Big House When never a sound was heard, the half-caste played what he thought would be his trump card. Jack Haydon's Quest My mother"—she raised her little hands eloquently—"was half-caste. Bat Wing Schomberg said there was a place kept by a Portuguese half-caste. Victory An Island Tale The Zulu had it from a half-caste whose kraal was beyond Delagoa Bay. Jess I remarked one very stout woman, a half-caste, who was severely wounded in both arms, who entreated to be killed. Following the Equator, Part 6 The Ruby King and the half-caste had taken no notice of Jack's action save to laugh derisively, and now the procession moved forward once more. Jack Haydon's Quest I asked after him, and was told that his prosperous career was cut short in a sudden and unexpected way, just as he was about to marry a beautiful half-caste girl. Following the Equator — Part 1 Yet it was not entirely of this strange half-caste, whose beauty was provoking, although he resolutely repelled her tentative advances, that Grantham was thinking. Tales of Chinatown The absurd chatter of the half-caste had given more reality to the miserable dangers of his path than Stein's careful statements. Lord Jim He had but twenty cloths or so left of the stock he had deposited with the man called Sherif, the half-caste drunken tailor, who was sent by the Consul in charge of the goods. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The half-caste ambled ahead on a pony, Jack and four of U Saw's retainers followed behind, and that was the whole of the party. Jack Haydon's Quest If Paraguay gets the better of the Patagonese all Brazil will be in a ferment, and you know how that kind of thing spreads among half-caste Spaniards and Portuguese. The American Senator On a couch by the window, wrapped in a fur rug, lay the prettiest half-caste girl I had ever seen, East or West. Tales of Chinatown Next moment the half-caste clerk, sent by Archie to look a little after the poor castaways of the Patna, came upon the scene. Lord Jim If I saw a miserable, half-starved negro, I was always sure to be told he belonged to a half-caste. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley "You will see him again in the morning," repeated the half-caste; "and you will see, I assure you, another kind of man." Jack Haydon's Quest He was a small, very handsome, light-complexioned, very intelligent, but childish boy, and was frequently mistaken for a half-caste; he was a splendid rider and tracker, and knew almost everything. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, In a certain sense, which few could appreciate, this half-caste dancing girl and daughter of El Wasr was as innocent as a baby. Tales of Chinatown He pushed the fist of his sound arm under the other's nose; a crowd began to collect; the half-caste, flustered, but doing his best to appear dignified, tried to explain his intentions. Lord Jim To these classes bow the half-caste and the negro. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Oh," said the half-caste, "such a thing may be useful yet. Jack Haydon's Quest The half-caste is generally a lying, vicious rogue, possessing the worst qualities of both parents in an eminent degree. Roughing It in the Bush But the Scotsman, unseen by the vainglorious half-caste, shook his head fiercely. Tales of Chinatown Then that little half-caste chap here came up and spoke to me. Lord Jim Every individual had his Bubu; consequently half-caste children were not uncommon; but Burton was of opinion that this manner of life had advantages as well as disadvantages. The Life of Sir Richard Burton "Oh, we know many things," replied the half-caste lightly. Jack Haydon's Quest I want to hear about the black gin and the half-caste girls, and if your mother saved them from the cannibals ... and why the blacks wanted to eat their own kind. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life A European woman, holding a half-caste baby in her arms, stood in an open doorway, watching him uninterestedly. Tales of Chinatown It is said that this prophetic vision was the reason that so many of the first-born half-caste babies were killed, the old wirreenuns seeing in them the beginning of the end. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia He and a Manhiki half-caste—the "Allan" who so frequently figures in his stories—bought a cutter, and went trading throughout the group. By Reef and Palm The Ruby King and Saya Chone enjoyed their mirth to the full, then the half-caste sprang to his feet, and pointed with glittering eyes and laughing face to the soft white muslin veil. Jack Haydon's Quest But Jimmy fell in love with the eldest of the half-caste girls. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life With a low cry Byng ran forward, the sjambok swung through the air, and the terrible whip descended on the crouching half-caste. The Judgment House And did you ever notice that a blackfellow or a half-caste can always clear himself when his horse comes down? Such Is Life With him came two visitors—a big half-caste of middle age, and his wife, a girl of twenty or there-about. By Reef and Palm The jeering voice of the half-caste broke out on a high note of derision. Jack Haydon's Quest Then Bridget realised that the moving shadow was the half-caste Oola, shrouded in the dark blue blanket she had given her, and that the gin had halted at the casement window of Maule's bedroom. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life "It would be same to you if the English go from the Vaal," said the half-caste, huskily, not looking into the eyes fixed on him. The Judgment House As the half-caste lounged out of the front door of the hut, the cook went out by the back door, and gathered an armful of firewood. Such Is Life She was very fair, even for a Paumotuan half-caste, as I thought she must be, and I said to Pallou, "Why, any one would take your wife to be an Englishwoman!" By Reef and Palm You may think that was no advantage; but I had just been down with yellow fever, alone in the outhouse of a wretched half-caste shanty, and the thing had given me the horrors. The Gadfly Well, I can tell you that it was the half-caste woman, as I thought, who let Wombo out of the hide-house. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life There was something so grotesque in the figure of the half-caste, with his copper-coat flying behind him as the horses galloped away, that a wan smile came to Al'mah's lips. The Judgment House I asked the half-caste aside; for the young fellow had a bunged eye, and a flake of skin off his cheek-bone. Such Is Life The big half-caste looked at Tom and then at me. By Reef and Palm There is neither newspaper, banker, hotel, nor resident English merchant, The half-caste descendants of the Portuguese are, generally speaking, indolent, degraded with the degradation that is born of indolence, and proud. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither White, red, and black had mingled to such an extent that the bulk of the settled population became half-caste. Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors At his entrance there was instant silence, for, secret as their conference must be, this half-caste, this Hottentot-Boer, must hear nothing and know nothing. The Judgment House At my suggestion, the half-caste unhitched and tried Fancy, while I mounted the black horse, and turned him across the plain. Such Is Life The half-caste turned his dark eyes on me and looked intently into mine. By Reef and Palm |
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