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| By BESSIE MARCHANT |
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"THE DOCTOR'S CANE CAME CUTTING THROUGH THE AIR"
|
The
Adventurous Seven
Their Hazardous Undertaking
BY
BESSIE MARCHANT
Author of "The Heroine of the Ranch" "The Loyalty of Hester Hope" "A Princess of Servia" "The Youngest Sister" &c. ILLUSTRATED BY W. R. S. STOTT BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY |
Contents
| CHAPTER | PAGE | ||
| I. | The Great Idea | [9] | |
| II. | The Deputation | [18] | |
| III. | The Emigrants | [34] | |
| IV. | Rumple's Discovery | [49] | |
| V. | The End of the Voyage | [61] | |
| VI. | A Real Friend | [73] | |
| VII. | The One-Armed Man | [88] | |
| VIII. | The Start | [102] | |
| IX. | In a Strange Place | [114] | |
| X. | A Fright At Night | [124] | |
| XI. | Anxious Hours | [136] | |
| XII. | Repairing the Damage | [148] | |
| XIII. | In Sight of Hammerville | [159] | |
| XIV. | The Arrival | [173] | |
| XV. | A Great Shock | [186] | |
| XVI. | The Next Thing to Be Done | [196] | |
| XVII. | In the Thick of it | [213] | |
| XVIII. | "Father, We Want You!" | [225] | |
| XIX. | The News | [243] | |
| XX. | How it All Ended | [252] |