"John Gilpin's ride was nothing to it. Scallowa stopped short at
the gate, but the boy flew over." [p. 68].
In Search of Fortune.
A TALE OF THE OLD LAND AND THE NEW.
BY
GORDON STABLES, M.D., C.M.
(Surgeon Royal Navy),
AUTHOR OF "IN THE DASHING DAYS OF OLD;" "EXILES OF FORTUNE;"
"FOR ENGLAND, HOME, AND BEAUTY;"
ETC. ETC.
NEW EDITION.
LONDON:
JOHN F. SHAW AND CO.,
48, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME.
HEARTS OF OAK .. .. .. By Dr. Gordon-Stables.
FOR, ENGLAND, HOME, AND BEAUTY .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
EXILES OF FORTUNE .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
IN SEARCH OF FORTUNE .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
TWO SAILOR LADS .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
IN THE DASHING DAYS OF OLD .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
FACING FEARFUL ODDS .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
GRAHAM'S VICTORY .. .. .. G. Stebbing.
THE TWO CASTAWAYS .. .. .. Lady F. Dixie.
HONOURS DIVIDED .. .. .. W. C. Metcalfe.
ON TO THE RESCUE .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
BEL-MARJORY. A Tale of Conquest .. .. .. L. T. Meade.
EUSTACE MARCHMONT .. .. .. E. Everett-Green.
A TRUE GENTLEWOMAN .. .. .. Emma Marshall.
THE END CROWNS ALL. A Story of Life .. .. .. Emma Marshall.
BISHOP'S CRANWORTH .. .. .. Emma Marshall.
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM .. .. .. Andrew Reed.
CITY SNOWDROPS .. .. .. M. E. Winchester.
COUNTESS MAUD .. .. .. Emily S. Holt.
HER HUSBAND'S HOME. A Tale .. .. .. E. Everett-Green.
IDA VANE. A Tale of the Restoration .. .. .. Andrew Reed.
ONE SNOWY NIGHT .. .. .. Emily S. Holt.
FOR HONOUR NOT HONOURS .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
WINNING AN EMPIRE .. .. .. G. Stebbing.
A REAL HERO .. .. .. G. Stebbing.
A TANGLED WEB .. .. .. Emily S. Holt.
DOROTHY'S STORY .. .. .. L. T. Meade.
BEATING THE RECORD .. .. .. G. Stebbing.
BRITAIN'S QUEEN .. .. .. T. Paul.
THE FOSTER-SISTERS .. .. .. L. E. Guernsey.
A KNIGHT OF TO-DAY .. .. .. L. T. Meade.
NEVER GIVE IN .. .. .. G. Stebbing.
EDGAR NELTHORPE .. .. .. Andrew Reed.
MARION SCATTERTHWAITE .. .. .. M. Symington.
LONDON: JOHN F. SHAW & CO., 48, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
CONTENTS.
Book I.
AT BURLEY OLD FARM.
CHAPTER
I. ["Ten To-morrow, Archie"]
II. [A Chip of the Old Block]
III. [A Day of Adventure]
IV. [In the Old Castle Tower]
V. ["Boys will be Boys"]
VI. ["Johnnie's got the Grit in Him"]
VII. ["They're up to some Black Work to-night"]
VIII. [In the Widow's Lonely Hut]
IX. [The whole Yard was ablaze and burning fiercely]
X. ["After all, it doesn't take much to make a Man Happy"]
Book II.
AT THE GOLDEN GATES.
I. [Spoken like his Father's Son]
II. ["Keep on your Cap. I was once a Poor Man myself"]
III. ["Something in Soap"]
IV. ["The King may come in the Cadger's Way"]
V. [Bob's Story: Wild Life at the Diggings]
VI. [A Miner's Marriage]
VII. [Mr. Winslow in a different Light]
Book III
IN THE WILD INTERIOR.
I. ["In this New Land of Ours"]
II. [Burley New Farm]
III. [Runaway Stock—Bivouac in the Bush—Night Scene]
IV. [A Wild Adventure—Archie's Pride receives a Fall]
V. [Round the Log-fire—Hurricane Bill and the 'Tiger' Snake—Gentleman Craig's Resolve]
VI. [At Findlayson's Farm—The great Kangaroo Hunt—A Dinner and Concert]
VII. [A New Arrival]
VIII. [The Stream of Life flows quietly on]
IX. ["I'll write a letter Home"]
X. [Rumours of War]
XI. [The Massacre at Findlayson's Farm]
XII. [On the War Trail]
XIII. [Chest to Chest with Savages—How it all ended]
IN SEARCH OF FORTUNE.