In search of fortune: A tale of the old land and the new
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Chapters (34)
- In Search of Fortune.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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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