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THE GREAT QUEST
A romance of 1826, wherein are recorded the experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea.
BY CHARLES BOARDMAN HAWES
Author of "The Mutineers"
Copyright, 1920, 1921
By THE TORBELL COMPANY (Publishers of The Open Road)
Copyright, 1921 By CHARLES BOARDMAN HAWES
To MY FATHER AND MOTHER
CONTENTS
I AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
* I The Stranger
* II My Uncle Behaves Queerly
* III Higgleby's Barn
* IV Swords and Ships
* V A Mysterious Project
II HANDS ACROSS THE SEA
* VI Good-bye to Old Haunts and Faces
* VII A Wild Night
* VIII The Brig Adventure
* IX An Old Sea Song
III A LOW LAND IN THE EAST
* X Matterson
* XI New Light on an Old Friend
* XII Captain North Again
* XIII Issues Sharply Drawn
* XIV Land Ho!
IV THREE DESPERATE MEN
* XV The Island
* XVI Strangest of All
* XVII The Man from the Jungle
* XVIII A Warning Defied
* XIX Burned Bridges
V THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
* XX Up Stream
* XXI A Grim Surprise
* XXII Siege
* XXIII Sortie
VI FOR OUR VERY LIVES
* XXIV Spears in the Dark
* XXV Cards and Chess
* XXVI An Unseen Foe
* XXVII The Fort Falls
* XXVIII Down the Current
* XXIX The Fight at the Landing
VII THE LONG ROAD HOME
* XXX The Cruiser
* XXXI A Passage at Arms
* XXXII Westward Bound
* XXXIII The Door