MARTIN OF OLD

LONDON

By

HERBERT STRANG

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

LONDON : HUMPHREY MILFORD


STORIES FOR BOYS

by HERBERT STRANG

Adventures of Dick Trevanion, The

Adventures of Harry Rochester, The

A Gentleman-at-arms

Air Patrol, The

Air Scout, The

Barclay of the Guides

Boys of the Light Brigade

Humphrey Bold

Jack Brown in China

Kobo

One of Clive’s Heroes

Palm Tree Island

Rob the Ranger

Samba

Settlers and Scouts

Sultan Jim

Tom Burnaby

Winning His Name

With Drake on the Spanish Main

REPRINTED 1936 IN GREAT BRITAIN AT THE

UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD, BY JOHN JOHNSON


CONTENTS
PAGE
I.The Waiting Boat[5]
II.Martin at Home[8]
III.The Assault[13]
IV.Martin Loses his Job[16]
V.The Noise in the Night[22]
VI.Martin’s Passenger[28]
VII.A Blow in the Dark[33]
VIII.The Face at the Window[39]
IX.An Adventure in Pudding Lane[44]
X.A Mysterious Visitor[48]
XI.Mr. Slocum Again[54]
XII.The Brass-bound Box[59]
XIII.Blackbeard Visits the Baker[64]
XIV.On Board the Santa Maria[69]
XV.Coffee for Two[74]
XVI.What Martin Found[80]
XVII.Stop, Thief![84]
XVIII.Sally Takes a Hand[90]
XIX.Gundra Disappears[94]
XX.Fire! Fire![100]
XXI.What Susan Found[105]
XXII.The Empty Room[110]
XXIII.'Prentices to the Rescue[115]
XXIV.Mr. Slocum Moves at Last[121]
XXV.Martin Follows[126]
XXVI.Prisoners[131]
XXVII.Martin Finds a Way[136]
XXVIII.The Boys Escape[142]
XXIX.Martin Uses his Wits[147]
XXX.The Boys Swim for It[152]
XXXI.Gollop Makes a Discovery[157]
XXXII.The Pursuit[163]
XXXIII.At Grips at Last[168]
XXXIV.Gollop at Bay[174]
XXXV.Martin to the Rescue[177]
XXXVI.Martin’s Ordeal[182]
XXXVII.All’s Well[188]

Martin of Old London