In search of fortune
- Subtitle
- A tale of the old land and the new
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1. Front matter2. In Search of Fortune.3. CHAPTER I. "TEN TO-MORROW, ARCHIE."4. CHAPTER II. A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK5. CHAPTER III. A DAY OF ADVENTURE.6. CHAPTER IV. IN THE OLD CASTLE TOWER.7. CHAPTER V. "BOYS WILL BE BOYS."8. CHAPTER VI. "JOHNNIE'S GOT THE GRIT IN HIM."9. CHAPTER VII. "THEY'RE UP TO SOME BLACK WORK TO-NIGHT."10. CHAPTER VIII. IN THE WIDOW'S LONELY HUT.11. CHAPTER IX. THE WHOLE YARD WAS ABLAZE AND BURNING FIERCELY.12. CHAPTER X. "AFTER ALL, IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY."13. CHAPTER I. "SPOKEN LIKE HIS FATHER'S SON."14. CHAPTER II "KEEP ON YOUR CAP. I WAS ONCE A POOR MAN MYSELF."15. CHAPTER III. "SOMETHING IN SOAP."16. CHAPTER IV. THE KING MAY COME IN THE CADGER'S WAY.17. CHAPTER V. BOB'S STORY: WILD LIFE AT THE DIGGINGS.18. CHAPTER VI. MINER'S MARRIAGE.19. CHAPTER VII. MR. WINSLOW IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.20. CHAPTER I. "IN THIS NEW LAND OF OURS."21. CHAPTER II. BURLEY NEW FARM.22. CHAPTER III. RUNAWAY STOCK—BIVOUAC IN THE BUSH—NIGHT SCENE.23. CHAPTER IV. A WILD ADVENTURE—ARCHIE'S PRIDE RECEIVES A FALL.24. CHAPTER V ROUND THE LOG-FIRE—HURRICANE BILL AND THE TIGER-SNAKE—GENTLEMAN CRAIG'S RESOLVE.25. CHAPTER VI. AT FINDLAYSON'S FARM—THE GREAT KANGAROO HUNT—A DINNER AND CONCERT.26. CHAPTER VII. A NEW ARRIVAL.27. CHAPTER VIII. THE STREAM OF LIFE FLOWS QUIETLY ON.28. CHAPTER IX. "I'LL WRITE A LETTER HOME."29. CHAPTER X. RUMOURS OF WAR.30. CHAPTER XI. THE MASSACRE AT FINDLAYSON'S FARM.31. CHAPTER XII. ON THE WAR TRAIL.32. CHAPTER XIII. CHEST TO CHEST WITH SAVAGES—HOW IT ALL ENDED.