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Title: The Jungle Fugitives
A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring: The Jungle Fugitives; Lost in the Woods; In the Nick of Time; Lost in the South Sea; An Unpleasant Companion; A Stirring Incident; Cyclones and Tornadoes; Lost in a Blizzard; Throwing the Riata; A Waterspout; An Heroic Woman; The Writing Found in a Bottle; That Hornet's Nest; A Young Hero; Overreached; A Battle in the Air; Who Shall Explain It?; A Fool of a Genius

Author: Edward S. Ellis

Release Date: October 6, 2005 [eBook #16805]

Language: English

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THE JUNGLE FUGITIVES

A Tale of Life and Adventure in India
Including also
Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring

by

EDWARD S. ELLIS, A.M.

New York
Hurst and Company
Publishers

1903

CONTENTS

THE JUNGLE FUGITIVES
LOST IN THE WOODS
IN THE NICK OF TIME
LOST IN THE SOUTH SEA
AN UNPLEASANT COMPANION
A STIRRING INCIDENT
CYCLONES AND TORNADOES
LOST IN A BLIZZARD
THROWING THE RIATA
A WATERSPOUT
AN HEROIC WOMAN
THE WRITING FOUND IN A BOTTLE
THAT HORNET'S NEST
A YOUNG HERO
OVERREACHED
A BATTLE IN THE AIR
WHO SHALL EXPLAIN IT?
A FOOL OF A GENIUS

THE JUNGLE FUGITIVES.

CHAPTER I.

IN THE SPRING OF 1857.

All through India, with its fanatical population five times as great as
that of England, the rumblings of the coming uprising had been heard
for months. The disaffection had been spreading and taking root. The
emissaries of the arch-plotters had passed back and forth almost from
end to end of the vast empire, with their messages of hatred and
appeal. The people were assured that the "Inglese loge" were
perfecting their insidious schemes for overthrowing their religion, and
the faithful everywhere were called upon to crush the infidels in the
dust. The evil seed fell upon the rankest of soil, and grew with a
vigor and exuberance that thre