Young Albert Gordon, impatient to be a great reporter, takes a post as secretary to the American consul on a remote Pacific island where nothing ever happens. With the help of the bored consul, Stedman, he decides to make some news himself, and soon finds himself at the head of a native army and a kingdom.
A comic novella that pokes fun at journalism and empire alike, with the island caricatures of 1891. Download the free EPUB.