Jack Harkaway
CHAPTER I. THE CONTESSA'S LETTER TO MR. MOLE—ON
PLEASURE BENT—THE MENDICANT FRIAR—MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS—HOUSE BREAKING.
CHAPTER II. AT THE CONTESSA'S FETE-A ROMANTIC
ADVENTURE BETWEEN CERTAIN OLD FRIENDS.
CHAPTER III. MR. MOLE—THE THREE DEVILS AND THEIR
DEVILMENT—THE CONTESSA'S JEWELS—AN ALARM.
CHAPTER IV. HUNSTON'S ADVENTURE—MOLE IN A MAZE—HE
MEETS AN EVIL SPIRIT— GROSS OUTRAGE ON HIS WOODEN LEGS—MATHIAS IN
TROUBLE-THE ASSASSIN'S KNIFE.
CHAPTER V. THE PURSUIT OF THE BRIGANDS—THE
BATTLE—VARYING FORTUNES—HOW HUNSTON AND TORO WERE LAID BY THE HEELS.
CHAPTER VI. SUNDAY RUBS OFF AN OLD SCORE—THE
BRIGANDS—WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PORTER'S LODGE—A STRANGE BLIND BEGGAR.
CHAPTER VII. HOW TOMASO HELPED HIS FRIENDS IN
TROUBLE—THE SKIRMISH IN THE PRISON—MATHIAS THE BRIGAND.
CHAPTER VIII. A DEEP-LAID PLOT.
CHAPTER IX. THE BRIGAND'S CONSPIRACY—THE ARAB
ASTROLOGER—HARVEY'S FIRST APPEARANCE AS A MESMERIST.
CHAPTER X. THE CONDEMNED CELL—MATHIAS
ESCAPED—WHERE HAS HE GONE?—THE BLOOD ON THE HEARTH—A TALE OF TERROR.
CHAPTER XI. MR. MOLE VISITS THE WIZARD—THE MAGIC
MIRROR AND THE LIFE-LIKE VISION—THE INCANTATION—THE CHARMED WIG.
CHAPTER XII. WHEREIN MR. MOLE IS CRUELLY USED—THE
GARDEN FETE—SUNDAY AND MONDAY GIVE AN ENTERTAINMENT—ANOTHER LOOK INTO
THE MAGIC MIRROR— STUDIES OF NATURAL HISTORY—AN INVOLUNTARY
PERFORMER.
CHAPTER XIII. THE BRIGANDS' CAMP—A MOUNTAIN
BIVOUAC—AN ALARM—THE SOLDIERS —A CHALLENGE—THE BRIGANDS'
WIDOW—FATAL NEWS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE NEW CAPTAIN-HUNSTON'S TROUBLE-THE
ARM AND ITS LEGEND-HOW EMMERSON'S VENGEANCE WORKS STEALTHILY ON.
CHAPTER XV. HUNSTON AGAIN AT WORK-THE DANCING
GARDEN—MARIETTA AND HER GOSSIP-GREAT NEWS—THE ARREST—WHAT
CHARGE?—MURDER.
CHAPTER XVI. A GREAT DANGER—OFF AND AWAY!—POOR
PIKE.
CHAPTER XVII. THE DECOY—A THROW OF THE DICE—THE
EXECUTION.
CHAPTER XVIII. HUNSTON IN THE CAMP
AGAIN—RETROSPECTION—A DEVILISH PLOT—DARK CLOUDS GATHER OVER THE
HARKAWAYS.
CHAPTER XIX. JACK AND HARRY GIRDWOOD AFLOAT—THE
SQUALL—THE SHIPWRECKED BOY—DEEDS OF HEROISM—THEIR REWARD—A DEADLY
PERIL.
CHAPTER XX. THE HARKAWAYS LEARN ALL—MR. MOLE
EXPLAINS AND GETS INTO TROUBLE IN CONSEQUENCE.
CHAPTER XXI. A HOUSE OF MOURNING—THE LETTER FROM
THE ENEMY—A STRANGE CORRESPONDENCE—THE INCIDENT AT THE OPEN
WINDOW—HUNSTON'S REVENGE— DESPAIR.
CHAPTER XXII. A HOUSE OF MOURNING—HARVEY'S
RESOLVE—A TIME OF TROUBLE.
CHAPTER XXII. THE SILK DRESS-MURDER!
CHAPTER XXIII. YOUNG JACK IN TROUBLE—THE
COUNCIL—DOOM OF THE BOYS—A SOLDIER'S GRAVE AT DAYBREAK.
CHAPTER XXIV. QUALMS—THE EVE OF THE END—A SAD
VIGIL
CHAPTER XXV. THE TRIPLE EXECUTION—A SOLDIER'S
GRAVE—TORO'S LUCK.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE BRIGAND'S RECRUIT—HUNSTON'S
PERIL—DELICATE GROUND.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE RECRUIT WORKS
BRAVELY—HARKAWAY's VENGEANCE—“HE NEVER FORGETS A DEBT.”
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE VILLA AGAIN—A MESSAGE FROM
THE ENEMY'S CAMP—HOW A SNARE WAS LAID.
CHAPTER XXIX. WHEREIN MR. MOLE PHILOSOPHISES AND
HAS AN ADVENTURE—THE SCENT OF BATTLE—MOLE THE TERROR OF THE
BRIGANDS—ISAAC THE ANNIHILATOR— MOLE'S PRISONER.
CHAPTER XXX. THE FIG-TREE GROVE—A DOUBLE
AMBUSCADE—THE LEECH-FISHER—HOW THE TRAP WAS BAITED, AND HOW IT
TOOK—SOMETHING LIKE THE OLD FORM— TRIUMPHANT MARCH OF HARKAWAY AND
CO.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE SECRET WORK GOES ON—WHO IS THE
TRAITOR?—THE FALL OF A FAVOURITE—THE RECRUIT'S MUSINGS—A STRANGE
REVELATION.
CHAPTER XXXII. THEODORA'S ERRAND—FATAL NEWS—THE
MYSTERY DEEPENS—HER RESOLVE—TO THE VILLA—INTERVIEW WITH
HARKAWAY—THE VOICE FROM THE GRAVE—A HEART OF GOLD.
CHAPTER XXXIII. YOUNG JACK AND HIS COMRADE HARRY
GIRDWOOD—DEAD OR ALIVE—THE RIDDLE UNRAVELLED—THE PLAN IN CYPHER—A
RELIC OF THE PAST—EUREKA!— THE CYPHER UNRAVELLED.
CHAPTER XXXIV. WHAT THE CYPHER DID FOR THEM—THE
END OF THE PASSAGE—NEARLY SAVED—BACK AGAIN—LOST—THE DEAD-HOUSE ON
THE TERRACE.
CHAPTER XXXV. THE BLACK TRADE—A TRAFFIC IN
DEATH—A PLACE OF HORROR—CAN IT BE TRUE?—TWO BOYS IN ONE SHROUD—A
FIGHT WITH A SHARK—GIVING HIM THE SACK—DEEP-SEA FISHING ON A NOVEL
PLAN.
CHAPTER XXXVI. A WATERY GRAVE—THE BED OF THE
OCEAN—A BOLD STROKE FOR LIFE— THE RACE WITH A SHARK—A NARROW
SQUEAK—HOW TO GIVE A SHARK THE SACK— THE BOAT—“FREE, FREE AS
AIR!”—A STRANGE ENCOUNTER WITH A GENTLEMAN ON TWO WOODEN LEGS.
CHAPTER XXXVII. RESTORED—GENERAL REJOICINGS—HOW
MR. MOLE WAS CRUELLY MALIGNED—FATHER AND SON—THE DEATH KNELL AND THE
REPRIEVE—“SOON WE WEIGH ANCHOR”—GOODBYE TO GREECE.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE LAST OF THE BRIGAND
BAND—HUNSTON'S PERIL—HIS WANDERINGS— STARVATION IN THE MIDST OF
PLENTY—ON THE LANDING STAGE AT NIGHT—AN ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XXXIX. A TRIP BY WATER—BOAT, AHOY!—A
COMPACT FOR MONEY—THE STOWAWAY ON BOARD THE “WESTWARD HO!”—HIS
VISION—IN THE HANDS OF THE PHILISTINES.
CHAPTER XL. HUNSTON'S PERIL—BLACK VISIONS—A
DREAM OF VENGEANCE—AN UNKNOWN DANGER TO THE “WESTWARD HO!”
CHAPTER XLI. YOUNG JACK'S CONFIDENCES—HOW TWO
INNOCENT CONSPIRATORS REPENTED—A CHANCE SHOT STRIKES HOME.
CHAPTER XLII. SHARK-FISHING—BILLY LONGBOW'S
YARNS—TELL THAT TO THE MARINES —A NOVEL BAIT—HOW MR. MOLE HAD THE
LAUGH HIS OWN WAY.
CHAPTER XLIII. MORE DEEDS OF DARING—HOW JEFFERSON
SHOWED UP IN AN EMERGENCY— SINGLE COMBAT AND ITS RESULT—MR. MOLE TO
THE FORE WITH A FRESH FEAT ON THE LONGBOW.
CHAPTER XLIV. HUNSTON'S TRIALS IN THE HOLD OF THE
“WESTWARD HO!”—THE SHINE WITH HIS PROTECTORS—A STRANGE
REVELATION—TROUBLES.
CHAPTER XLV. GOOD FOR EVIL—AN UNEXPECTED STROKE
OF LUCK FOR HUNSTON.
CHAPTER XLVI. HUNSTON'S PROGRESS—MISGIVINGS—THE
WARNINGS FROM THE GRAVE.
CHAPTER XLVII. WHEREIN HUNSTON'S EVIL PROPENSITIES
CATCH HIM IN A TRAP— DANGER—ANOTHER SHARK—MR. MOLE SUFFERS.
CHAPTER XLVIII. OLD JOE PLOTS WITH HUNSTON—WHAT
CAME OF THE PLOT.
CHAPTER XLIX. THE TRIAL—HUNSTON'S PUNISHMENT.
CHAPTER L. MR. MOLE'S TROUBLES AGAIN—AN ADVENTURE
WITH NERO—LAND HO!— THE FIRST VIEW OF AUSTRALIA.
CHAPTER LI. HUNSTON IS DISPOSED OF.
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