Jack North's Treasure Hunt; Or, Daring Adventures in South America

Down they plunged side by side from the island into the water
Or,
Illustrated
Made in U.S.A.
Copyright, 1907, by Chatterton-Peck Company Press of The Commercial Bookbinding Co. Cleveland
“Where are you going, Jack?”
“To the shops of John Fowler & Company.”
“To look for a job?”
“Yes.”
“Then you are in luck, for I heard this morning that they want another striker in the lower shop at once.”
“Then I’ll strike for the opening at once, and my name is not Jack North if I don’t land it.”
“It will be John Slowshanks when you do get it, mind me!” cried out another voice, from an alley-way near at hand, and before Jack North or his companion could recover from their surprise the speaker, a tall, awkward youth of twenty, sped up the street at the top of his speed.