Published September, 1902
"Shall we go, or stay?"
CONTENTS
- I.—[IN WHICH JASPER BEGG MAKES KNOWN THE PURPOSE OF HIS VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT THAT HE COMMISSIONED THE STEAM-SHIP SOUTHERN CROSS THROUGH PHILIPS, WESTBURY, AND CO.]
- II.—[WE GO ASHORE AND LEARN STRANGE THINGS]
- III.—[IN WHICH JASPER BEGG MAKES UP HIS MIND WHAT TO DO]
- IV.—[WE GO ABOARD, BUT RETURN AGAIN]
- V.—[STRANGE SIGHTS ASHORE, AND WHAT WE SAW OF THEM]
- VI.—[JASPER BEGG MEETS HIS OLD MISTRESS, AND IS WATCHED]
- VII.—[IN WHICH HELP COMES FROM THE LAST QUARTER WE HAD EXPECTED IT]
- VIII.—[THE BIRD'S NEST IN THE HILLS]
- IX.—[WE LOOK OUT FOR THE SOUTHERN CROSS]
- X.—[WE ARE SURELY CAGED ON KEN'S ISLAND]
- XI.—[LIGHTS UNDER THE SEA]
- XII.—[THE DANCING MADNESS]
- XIII.—[THE STORM]
- XIV.—[A WHITE POOL—AND AFTERWARDS]
- XV.—[AN INTERLUDE, DURING WHICH WE READ IN RUTH BELLENDEN'S DIARY AGAIN]
- XVI.—[ROSAMUNDA AND THE IRON DOORS]
- XVII.—[IN WHICH JASPER BEGG ENTERS THE HOUSE UNDER THE SEA]
- XVIII.—[CHANCE OPENS A GATE FOR JASPER BEGG, AND HE PASSES THROUGH]
- XIX.—[WHICH SHOWS THAT A MAN WHO THINKS OF BIG THINGS SOMETIMES FORGETS THE LITTLE ONES]
- XX.—[THE FIRST ATTACK IS MADE BY CZERNY'S MEN]
- XXI.—[WHICH BRINGS IN THE DAY AND WHAT BEFELL THEREIN]
- XXII.—[THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTY HOURS]
- XXIII.—[THE END OF THE SIXTY HOURS]
- XXIV.—[THE SECOND ATTACK ON CZERNY'S HOUSE]
- XXV.—[IN WHICH THE SUN-TIME COMES AGAIN]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- ["Shall we go or stay?"]
- [Like dancers at a stage play.]
- [A picturesque old figure standing there.]
- [She looked at me with her big, questioning eyes.]
- [We were all sitting at the supper table.]
- [The drawing-room is a cave whose walls are of jewels.]
- ["If there is a sound at the door, fire that gun."]
- [Another man fell with a loud cry.]
THE HOUSE UNDER THE SEA