In Search of Fortune

About this eBook

Author

Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910

Title

In search of fortune: A tale of the old land and the new

Original Publication

United Kingdom: John F. Shaw and Co.,1890.

Credits

Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Gentry -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69315

Release Date

November 8, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.In Search of Fortune.
2. 2.Book I. — CHAPTER I. " TEN TO-MORROW, ARCHIE. " — CHAPTER II. A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK — CHAPTER III. A DAY OF ADVENTURE. — CHAPTER IV. IN THE OLD CASTLE TOWER. — CHAPTER V. " BOYS WILL BE BOYS. " — CHAPTER VI. " JOHNNIE'S GOT THE GRIT IN HIM. " — CHAPTER VII. " THEY'RE UP TO SOME BLACK WORK TO-NIGHT. " — CHAPTER VIII. IN THE WIDOW'S LONELY HUT. — CHAPTER IX. THE WHOLE YARD WAS ABLAZE AND BURNING FIERCELY. — CHAPTER X. " AFTER ALL, IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY. "
3. 3.Book II. — CHAPTER I. " SPOKEN LIKE HIS FATHER'S SON. " — CHAPTER II " KEEP ON YOUR CAP. I WAS ONCE A POOR MAN MYSELF. " — CHAPTER III. " SOMETHING IN SOAP. " — CHAPTER IV. THE KING MAY COME IN THE CADGER'S WAY. — CHAPTER V. BOB'S STORY: WILD LIFE AT THE DIGGINGS. — CHAPTER VI. MINER'S MARRIAGE. — CHAPTER VII. MR. WINSLOW IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
4. 4.Book III. — CHAPTER I. " IN THIS NEW LAND OF OURS. " — CHAPTER II. BURLEY NEW FARM. — CHAPTER III. RUNAWAY STOCK—BIVOUAC IN THE BUSH—NIGHT SCENE. — CHAPTER IV. A WILD ADVENTURE—ARCHIE'S PRIDE RECEIVES A FALL. — CHAPTER V ROUND THE LOG-FIRE—HURRICANE BILL AND THE TIGER-SNAKE—GENTLEMAN CRAIG'S RESOLVE. — CHAPTER VI. AT FINDLAYSON'S FARM—THE GREAT KANGAROO HUNT—A DINNER AND CONCERT. — CHAPTER VII. A NEW ARRIVAL. — CHAPTER VIII. THE STREAM OF LIFE FLOWS QUIETLY ON. — CHAPTER IX. " I'LL WRITE A LETTER HOME. " — CHAPTER X. RUMOURS OF WAR. — CHAPTER XI. THE MASSACRE AT FINDLAYSON'S FARM. — CHAPTER XII. ON THE WAR TRAIL. — CHAPTER XIII. CHEST TO CHEST WITH SAVAGES—HOW IT ALL ENDED.

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