JessFront matterReading editionChapter navigation36 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterChapter I · JOHN HAS AN ADVENTUREChapter II · HOW THE SISTERS CAME TO MOOIFONTEINChapter III · MR. FRANK MULLERChapter IV · BESSIE IS ASKED IN MARRIAGEChapter V · DREAMS ARE FOOLISHNESSChapter VI · THE STORM BREAKSChapter VII · LOVE’S YOUNG DREAMChapter VIII · JESS GOES TO PRETORIAChapter IX · JANTJE’S STORYChapter X · JOHN HAS AN ESCAPEChapter XI · ON THE BRINKChapter XII · OVER ITChapter XIII · FRANK MULLER SHOWS HIS HANDChapter XIV · JOHN TO THE RESCUEChapter XV · A ROUGH JOURNEYChapter XVI · PRETORIAChapter XVII · THE TWELFTH OF FEBRUARYChapter XVIII · AND AFTERChapter XIX · HANS COETZEE COMES TO PRETORIAChapter XX · THE GREAT MANChapter XXI · JESS GETS A PASSChapter XXII · ON THE ROADChapter XXIII · IN THE DRIFT OF THE VAALChapter XXIV · THE SHADOW OF DEATHChapter XXV · MEANWHILEChapter XXVI · FRANK MULLER’S FAMILIARChapter XXVII · SILAS IS CONVINCEDChapter XXVIII · BESSIE IS PUT TO THE QUESTIONChapter XXIX · CONDEMNED TO DEATHChapter XXX · “WE MUST PART, JOHN”Chapter XXXI · JESS FINDS A FRIENDChapter XXXII · HE SHALL DIEChapter XXXIII · VENGEANCEChapter XXXIV · TANTA COETZEE TO THE RESCUEChapter XXXV · THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTERBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Chapter I · JOHN HAS AN ADVENTUREAll chapters and sections (36)Opening pagesFront matterChapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435First Published 1887.TO MY WIFECHAPTER I. JOHN HAS AN ADVENTURE →