Post Haste

About this eBook

Author

Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Postal service -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

21693

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21693

Release Date

June 6, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."Post Haste" — Preface. — Chapter One. — A Hero and His Worshipper. — Chapter Two. — Tells of Woman’s Work and some of Woman’s Ways. — Chapter Three. — Brilliant Prospects. — Chapter Four. — The Royal Mail Steamer. — Chapter Five. — Wreck and Rescue. — Chapter Six. — Treats of Poverty, Pride, and Fidelity. — Chapter Seven. — Phil Begins Life, and Makes a Friend. — Chapter Eight. — Downward—Deeper and Deeper. — Chapter Nine. — Mr Blurt and George Aspel in Peculiar Circumstances. — Chapter Ten. — A Mystery Cleared Up. — Chapter Eleven. — The Letter-Carrier Goes His Rounds, Aids a Little Girl, and Overwhelms a Lady Statistically. — Chapter Twelve. — In Which a Bosom Friend is Introduced, Rural Felicity is Enlarged on, and Deep Plans are Laid. — Chapter Thirteen. — Miss Lillycrop Gets a Series of Surprises. — Chapter Fourteen. — Formation of the Pegaway Literary Association and Other Matters. — Chapter Fifteen. — George Aspel Receives Various Visitors at the Ornithological Shop, and is Called to Vigorous Action. — Chapter Sixteen. — Begins with Juvenile Flirtation, and Ends with Canine Cremation. — Chapter Seventeen. — Tottie and Mrs Bones in Difficulty. — Chapter Eighteen. — Business Interfered with in a Remarkable Manner. — Chapter Nineteen. — Deep-Laid Plans for Checkmating Mr Bones. — Chapter Twenty. — The Post of the Olden Time. — Chapter Twenty One. — Tells of a Series of Terrible Surprises. — Chapter Twenty Two. — Shows How One Thing Leads to Another, and so on. — Chapter Twenty Three. — The Turning-Point. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Plans and Counter Plans. — Chapter Twenty Five. — Light Shining in Dark Places. — Chapter Twenty Six. — Tells of a Sham Fight and a Real Battle. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — The Greatest Battle of All. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — The Storming of Rocky Cottage and Other Matters. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — Describes an Interview and a Rencontre. — Chapter Thirty. — The Last.

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