The secret in the hill
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About This Book
Mr. Capes has produced a thoroughly wholesome and intensely graphic story. The scene is laid in the East Coast of England, and is compacted of a series of incidents fraught with picturesque and exciting interest. It is a story of sea and land, of the passion for wealth, of the perils encountered in the pursuit of treasure, and withal a simple, healthful story, true to life and nature.
Chapters (32)
- THE SECRET IN THE HILL
- CONTENTS.
- THE SECRET IN THE HILL. PART I.
- CHAPTER I. I FIRST SEE JOSHUA PILBROW.
- CHAPTER II. A GREAT LOSS AND A QUEER EQUIVALENT.
- CHAPTER III. UNCLE JENICO.
- CHAPTER IV. MY FIRST VIEW OF THE HILL.
- CHAPTER V. THE STORY OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
- CHAPTER VI. MRS. PUDDEPHATT AND FANCY-MARIA.
- CHAPTER VII. MR. SANT.
- CHAPTER VIII. TREASURE-HUNTING.
- CHAPTER IX. HARRY HARRIER.
- CHAPTER X. FRIENDS AT LAST.
- CHAPTER XI. MISCHIEF OF SORTS.
- PART II.
- CHAPTER I. THE BADGER.
- CHAPTER II. THE GREAT STORM.
- CHAPTER III. OPEN SESAME.
- CHAPTER IV. THE SECRET IN THE HILL.
- CHAPTER V. A REAPPEARANCE.
- CHAPTER VI. AN ODD COMPACT.
- CHAPTER VII. “FACILIS DESCENSUS AVERNI.”
- CHAPTER VIII. THE FEAST OF LANTERNS.
- CHAPTER IX. THE WEARY SANDS.
- CHAPTER X. THE DARKEST HOUR.
- CHAPTER XI. JOSHUA SPEAKS.
- CHAPTER XII. RESCUE.
- CHAPTER XIII. RAMPICK SPEAKS.
- CHAPTER XIV. WHAT THE LETTER SAID.
- CHAPTER XV. OUT OF THE DEPTHS.
- CONCLUSION.
- TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.
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