Renshaw Fanning's Quest: A Tale of the High Veldt
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Maurice Sellon, an Englishman seeking fortune in South Africa, arrives lost and nearly dead of thirst at the remote farm of Renshaw Fanning. There he finds Fanning delirious and suffering from malaria, and as Sellon nurses him back to health, he hears him rave of the treasures to be found in the "Valley of the Eye." After Fanning recovers, the two men embark on a quest through the hostile African terrain in search of untold riches. But if they are to reach the treasure, they will have to survive savage animals, bloodthirsty natives armed with poisoned arrows, and-perhaps most terrifying of all...
Chapters (80)
- Bertram Mitford "Renshaw Fanning's Quest"
- Prologue.
- Chapter One.
- Thirst-Land.
- Chapter Two.
- A Friend in Need.
- Chapter Three.
- Renshaw Fanning’s Secret.
- Chapter Four.
- Sunningdale.
- Chapter Five.
- A Suspicious Trek.
- Chapter Six.
- Relapse.
- Chapter Seven.
- “Our Object is the Same.”
- Chapter Eight.
- Quits.
- Chapter Nine.
- Two “Sells.”
- Chapter Ten.
- On Thorns.
- Chapter Eleven.
- “Amoris Integratio.”
- Chapter Twelve.
- “He does not Ring True.”
- Chapter Thirteen.
- A Tale of Blood.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- Against Time.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- The Midnight Foe.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- Catching a Tartar.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- After the Storm.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- In the Long Kloof.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- A Good Offer.
- Chapter Twenty.
- Old Dirk in Default.
- Chapter Twenty One.
- The First Camp.
- Chapter Twenty Two.
- A Voice from the Dead.
- Chapter Twenty Three.
- Following the Clue.
- Chapter Twenty Four.
- The Two Turret-Heads.
- Chapter Twenty Five.
- “A Region of Emptiness, Howling and Drear.”
- Chapter Twenty Six.
- Selwood’s Dilemma.
- Chapter Twenty Seven.
- The Key at Last.
- Chapter Twenty Eight.
- “It is a White Man’s Skull.”
- Chapter Twenty Nine.
- Renshaw’s Discovery.
- Chapter Thirty.
- “Like a Star.”
- Chapter Thirty One.
- The “Valley of the Eye.”
- Chapter Thirty Two.
- Judas Impromptu.
- Chapter Thirty Three.
- The “Schelm Bushmen.”
- Chapter Thirty Four.
- Left to Die.
- Chapter Thirty Five.
- The Price of Blood.
- Chapter Thirty Six.
- Sellon’s Last Lie.
- Chapter Thirty Seven.
- From the Dark River’s Brink.
- Chapter Thirty Eight.
- “Eheu!”
- Chapter Thirty Nine.
- Conclusion.
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