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Title: Jack Haydon's Quest

Author: John Finnemore

Illustrator: J. Jellicoe

Release Date: November 20, 2006 [EBook #19877]
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Language: English

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[Illustration: IN RANGOON.]

JACK HAYDON'S
QUEST

BY

JOHN FINNEMORE

_CONTAINING EIGHT FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS_
_IN COLOUR FROM DRAWINGS BY J. JELLICOE_

PHILADELPHIA

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

LONDON: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK

1907

* * * * *

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I. THE ATTACK ON THE HEATH,

II. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE,

III. THE BIG RUBY,

IV. BUCK SEES LIGHT,

V. THE SPY,

VI. IN RANGOON,

VII. UP THE RIVER,

VIII. THE ATTACK ON THE SAMPAN,

IX. A CLOSE CALL,

X. THE DACOITS,

XI. BELEAGUERED,

XII. A FIGHT FOR LIFE,

XIII. A CUNNING TRICK,

XIV. JACK'S PLAN,

XV. IN THE JUNGLE,

XVI. THE BRIDGE AND THE FORD,

XVII. A FRIGHTFUL PERIL,

XVIII. THE COMBAT IN THE RIVER,

XIX. THE VILLAGE FESTIVAL,

XX. THE DANCING GIRL,

XXI. JACK FINDS HIMSELF IN BAD HANDS,

XXII. THE TWO ELEPHANTS,

XXIII. THE PANTHAY WOOD-CUTTERS,

XXIV. AN UNWELCOME MEETING,

XXV. THE CAVE IN THE RAVINE,

XXVI. THE RESOLVE OF BUCK AND JIM,

XXVII. THE FIGHT IN THE TUNNEL,

XXVIII. THE RUSE OF SAYA CHONE,

XXIX. THE TORTURE BY FIRE,

XXX. THE STRONGHOLD OF THE RUBY KING,

XXXI. FATHER AND SON,

XXXII. THE HORROR IN THE SWAMP,

XXXIII. THE POTHOODAW,

XXXIV. THE HIDING-PLACE