Contents

I.The Club Confers[9]
II.Varley Gets Acquainted[24]
III.Uncomfortable Glory[39]
IV.Sam’s Counsellor[60]
V.Snow-Shoes[73]
VI.A Little Lunch[92]
VII.The Shark Lectures[105]
VIII.Poke’s Mystery[117]
IX.Sam Gets a Reminder[133]
X.The Blow Descends[148]
XI.The Great Mince Pie of Sugar Valley[163]
XII.Exploring the Valley[185]
XIII.The Shark Demonstrates[202]
XIV.The Hunt[220]
XV.The House of Refuge[237]
XVI.Blind Trails[256]
XVII.The Rising Flood[272]
XVIII.Through the Long Night[288]
XIX.What Befell Poke and Step[309]
XX.The Prize Snatched from the Flood[326]
XXI.Poke Out of Bondage[346]