SINCLAIR'S LUCK

A STORY OF ADVENTURE IN
EAST AFRICA

BY

PERCY F. WESTERMAN

AUTHOR OF
"BILLY BARCROFT, OF THE R.N.A.S."
"THE DREADNOUGHT OF THE AIR,"
"THE RIVAL SUBMARINES," ETC., ETC.

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S. W. PARTRIDGE & CO.
4, 5 & 6, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.1

Readers of the adventures in East Africa of the two heroes, Colin Sinclair and Tiny Desmond, as narrated in the pages of this book, will be greatly interested in their school life, before leaving for the Dark Continent, which is splendidly told in the story entitled "The Mystery of Stockmere School."

MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN
First published 1923
Frequently reprinted

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
I. [THE TWO CHUMS]9
II. ["MEETING THE CASE"]18
III. [FAREWELL]25
IV. ["REGARDLESS OF THE RISK"]30
V. [IN THE DITCH—AND OUT]41
VI. [VAN DER WYCK'S GIFT]49
VII. [DETAINED AT CAPE TOWN]54
VIII. [HELD UP]59
IX. [ROBBERY UNDER ARMS]66
X. [THE MOUNTAIN TRACK]71
XI. [AT THE EDGE OF THE CHASM]80
XII. [BESET BY LIONS]86
XIII. [THE MORNING AFTER]94
XIV. [BY VIRTUE OF THE TALISMAN]99
XV. [AT KILEMBONGA]106
XVI. [SIBENGA'S ENVOYS]112
XVII. [THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS]121
XVIII. [THE AMBUSH]130
XIX. [HOTLY PURSUED]138
XX. [NIPPED IN THE BUD]144[
XXI. [THE OTHER VAN DER WYCK]153
XXII. [PALAVER]160
XXIII. [THE BULL ELEPHANT]167
XXIV. [A LUCKY SHOT]175
XXV. [MISSING]182
XXVI. [A DOUBTFUL CLUE]188
XXVII. [THE RAVING OF THE WITCH-DOCTOR]195
XXVIII. [KIDNAPPED]206
XXIX. [IN THE HANDS OF THE MAKOH'LENGA]212
XXX. [TO WHAT END]221
XXXI. [THE GOLDEN IMAGE]229
XXXII. [AT THE FATAL MOMENT]238
XXXIII. [WHERE THE GOLD WENT]244
XXXIV. [EXPLANATIONS AND SURPRISES]248
Illustrations
Facing
page
["SUDDENLY DESMOND FELL WITH A LOUD THUD"] Frontispiece
["HE FIRED TWO SHOTS IN QUICK SUCCESSION"] 42
["HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN THE TRAILING TENDRIL AND HE CRASHED HEAVILY"] 174
["WE'VE DONE IT, BY JOVE!'"] 230