The Haunted Pagodas--the Quest of the Golden Pearl
by J. R. Hutchinson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert), 1858-1921
- Title
- The Quest of the Golden Pearl
- Credits
- Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Pearls -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 50897
- Release Date
- January 11, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE HAUNTED PAGODAS — THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN PEARL
- 2.By J. E. Hutchinson — Illustrated by Hume Nisbet — London: Ward and Downey — 1897 — QUEST OF THE GOLDEN PEARL.
- 3.CHAPTER I.—THE SHARK-CHARMER WALKS THE PLANK.
- 4.CHAPTER II. A STROKE OF LUCK AND AN AFTER-STROKE.
- 5.CHAPTER III.—THE QUEST BEGINS.
- 6.CHAPTER IV.—INTRODUCES BOSIN, AND TELLS HOW CAPTAIN MANGO PROVED HIMSELF A TRUMP.
- 7.CHAPTER V.—THE LASCAR GETS HIS KNIFE BACK.
- 8.CHAPTER VI.—IN THE THICK OF IT.
- 9.CHAPTER VII.—“FUN OR FIGHTING, I'M READY, ANYHOW!”
- 10.CHAPTER VIII.—AT THE HAUNTED PAGODAS.
- 11.CHAPTER IX.—WAS IT JACK?
- 12.CHAPTER X.—IN WHICH THE OLD SAW, “OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN, INTO THE FIRE,” IS REVERSED WITH STARTLING EFFECT.
- 13.CHAPTER XI.—INTO THE HEART OF THE HILL.
- 14.CHAPTER XII.—RELATES HOW A WRONG ROAD LED TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
- 15.CHAPTER XIII.—CAPTAIN MANGO “GOES ALOFT.”
- 16.CHAPTER XIV.—SHROUDED IN A HAMMOCK.
- 17.CHAPTER XV.—THE CROCODILE PIT.
- 18.CHAPTER XVI.—DON SETS A DEATH-TRAP FOR THE LASCAR.
- 19.CHAPTER XVII.—THE BLAST OF A CONCH-SHELL.
- 20.CHAPTER XVIII.—BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
- 21.CHAPTER XIX.—ONE-TO-TWENTY GIVES TWENTY-TO-ONE THE WORST OF IT.
- 22.CHAPTER XX.—THE LAST STRAW.
- 23.CHAPTER XXI. RIVALS FOR THE HONOURS OF DEATH.
- 24.CHAPTER XXII.—A REPORT FROM THE SEA.
- 25.CHAPTER XXIII.—DON RUNS THE GAUNTLET.
- 26.CHAPTER XXIV.—IN THE NICK OF TIME.
- 27.CHAPTER XXV.—THE SHARK-CHARMER IS CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP.
- 28.CHAPTER XXV.—BRINGS THE QUEST TO AN END. — THE END.
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