THE WHITE KAMI


BY THE SAME AUTHOR:

THE
CHARMED CIRCLE

“Possessed of unusual strength andintensity. His characters are allsharply individualized and fit competentlyinto the picture. They are interestingpeople and alive to the point of giddiness.Mr. Jewell has touched them with thefresh, electric buoyancy that distinguisheshis book throughout.”—TheLiterary Review

“The extraordinary plot is the plot ofa melodrama, but its handling is thework of a literary artist and an authentichumourist.”—The Chicago Evening Post

“As sunny as ‘Seventeen’ and as subtleas ‘The Age of Innocence.’ Therewill be thousands to delight in it, withtears and chuckles.”—Wilson Follett

NEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF


The White Kami

A NOVEL

BY
Edward Alden Jewell

NEW YORK ALFRED · A · KNOPF MCMXXII

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
EDWARD ALDEN JEWELL

Published, April, 1922

Set up and printed by the Vail-Ballou Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Paper furnished by W. F. Etherington & Co., New York, N. Y.
Bound by the H. Wolff Estate, New York, N. Y.

MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


To
MY FATHER AND MOTHER

C’est un ordre des dieux qui jamais ne se rompt,
De nous vendre un peu cher les grands biens qu’ils nous font.—Corneille

CONTENTS

I THE PRINCE
CHAPTER ONE: FOG,3
CHAPTER TWO: THE AMAZING CUSTOMER,20
CHAPTER THREE: FATE BEGINS TO PLAY HER CARDS,27
CHAPTER FOUR: THE FOOTBALL OF THE INDIAN OCEAN,37
CHAPTER FIVE: THE SKIPPING GOONE GETS A MASTER,42
CHAPTER SIX: STEALING THE THUNDER FROM IRMENGARDE,53
CHAPTER SEVEN: LIKE THE BARQUE OF CLEOPATRA,63
II LILI
CHAPTER EIGHT: THE AWAKENING,75
CHAPTER NINE: LOVE ON A SCHOONER—,85
CHAPTER TEN: —AND ELSEWHERE,91
III “CURLY LOCKS, CURLY LOCKS”
CHAPTER ELEVEN: HONEYMOON,...

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