A BID FOR FORTUNE
A NOVEL
BY
GUY BOOTHBY
AUTHOR OF ON THE WALLABY, THE MARRIAGE OF ESTHER, ETC.
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1895
Copyright, 1895,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | ||||
| Prologue.—Dr. Nikola | 1 | |||
| PART I. | ||||
| CHAPTER. | ||||
| I. | — | I determine to take a holiday.—Sydney, and what befell me there | 14 | |
| II. | — | My first experience in London | 37 | |
| III. | — | The home of my ancestors | 53 | |
| IV. | — | I save an important life | 72 | |
| V. | — | Mystery | 83 | |
| VI. | — | I meet Dr. Nikola again | 101 | |
| VII. | — | Port Said and what befell us there | 122 | |
| VIII. | — | Our imprisonment and attempt at escape | 140 | |
| IX. | — | Dr. Nikola permits us a free passage | 156 | |
| | ||||
| PART II. | ||||
| I. | — | We reach Australia, and the result | 174 | |
| II. | — | On the trail | 192 | |
| III. | — | Lord Beckenham's story | 212 | |
| IV. | — | Following up a clue | 236 | |
| V. | — | The islands and what we found there | 268 | |
| VI. | — | Conclusion | 288 | |
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