CONTENTS
| PART THE FIRST | ||
|---|---|---|
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Suit | [13] |
| II. | The Crossing | [32] |
| III. | Good-bye Simon | [54] |
| IV. | The Great Upheaval | [71] |
| V. | Virgin Soil | [85] |
| VI. | Triumph | [98] |
| VII. | Lynx-eye | [120] |
| VIII. | On the War-Path | [143] |
| PART THE SECOND | ||
| I. | Inside the Wreck | [169] |
| II. | Along the Cable | [189] |
| III. | Side by Side | [209] |
| IV. | The Battle | [223] |
| V. | The Chief's Reward | [242] |
| VI. | Hell on Earth | [265] |
| VII. | The Fight for the Gold | [282] |
| VIII. | The High Commissioner for the New Territories | [301] |
PART THE FIRST
The Tremendous Event
CHAPTER I
THE SUIT
"Oh, but this is terrible!" cried Simon Dubosc. "Edward, just listen!"
And the young Frenchman, drawing his friend away from the tables arranged in little groups on the terraces of the club-house, showed him, in the late edition of the Argus, which a motorcyclist had just brought to the New Golf Club, this telegram, printed in heavy type:
"Boulogne, 20 May.—The master and crew of a fishing-vessel which has returned to harbour declare that this morning, at a spot mid-way between the French and English coasts, they saw a large steamer lifted up by a gigantic waterspout. After standing on end with her whole length out of the water, she pitched forward and disappeared in the space of a few seconds.