The Great Quest / A romance of 1826, wherein are recorded the experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea

by Charles Boardman Hawes

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CONTENTS

I AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
I	The Stranger	[3]
II	My Uncle Behaves Queerly	[12]
III	Higgleby's Barn	[18]
IV	Swords and Ships	[26]
V	A Mysterious Project	[36]
II HANDS ACROSS THE SEA
VI	Good-bye to Old Haunts and Faces	[49]
VII	A Wild Night	[63]
VIII	The Brig Adventure	[81]
IX	An Old Sea Song	[87]
III A LOW LAND IN THE EAST
X	Matterson	[99]
XI	New Light on an Old Friend	[109]
XII	Captain North Again	[119]
XIII	Issues Sharply Drawn	[132]
XIV	Land Ho!	[137]
IV THREE DESPERATE MEN
XV	The Island	[151]
XVI	Strangest of All	[165]
XVII	The Man from the Jungle	[173]
XVIII	A Warning Defied	[185]
XIX	Burned Bridges	[193]
V THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
XX	Up Stream	[201]
XXI	A Grim Surprise	[212]
XXII	Siege	[225]
XXIII	Sortie	[234]
VI FOR OUR VERY LIVES
XXIV	Spears in the Dark	[247]
XXV	Cards and Chess	[252]
XXVI	An Unseen Foe	[261]
XXVII	The Fort Falls	[268]
XXVIII	Down the Current	[283]
XXIX	The Fight at the Landing	[295]
VII THE LONG ROAD HOME
XXX	The Cruiser	[307]
XXXI	A Passage at Arms	[321]
XXXII	Westward Bound	[332]
XXXIII	The Door of Disaster	[340]
XXXIV	An Old, Old Story	[352]
XXXV	Eheu Fugaces!	[357]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

I gave a quick jerk—literally my foot was held,—I lost my balance and all but went over	[Frontispiece]
Clapping his hand to the wound, the landlord went white and leaned back against the bar	[78]
"In the name of Heaven, Neil, don't tell! Don't tell!"	[142]
There in a chair by the table sat a stark skeleton dressed in good sound clothes	[220]
And with that the two sat down by the board ... and began perhaps the most extraordinary game of chess that ever two men played	[258]