THE SECOND STRING
BY NAT GOULD
AUTHOR OF "THE DOUBLE EVENT," "A RACECOURSE TRAGEDY," "THE GOLD WHIP,"ETC., ETC.
LONDON
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.—THE FAILURE
CHAPTER II.—JACK'S RESOLVE
CHAPTER III.—A SCHOOL CHUM
CHAPTER IV.—AN OLD TIME SKIPPER
CHAPTER V.—TOPSY TURVY
CHAPTER VI.—TAPPING
CHAPTER VII.—WEATHERING THE STORM
CHAPTER VIII.—BARRY TUXFORD
CHAPTER IX.—IN SHARK'S BAY
CHAPTER X.—THE TWO BLACK DIVERS
CHAPTER XI.—TURNING TURTLE AND AFTER
CHAPTER XII.—JACOB'S YARN
CHAPTER XIII.—THE DIVERS AT WORK
CHAPTER XIV.—THE BLACK PEARL
CHAPTER XV.—A CLEVER THIEF
CHAPTER XVI.—JACK DISCOVERS HIS LOSS
CHAPTER XVII.—THE PEARL DEALER
CHAPTER XVIII.—ON HORSEBACK AGAIN
CHAPTER XIX.—A STAB IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XX.—THE TRAINER'S SUGGESTION
CHAPTER XXI.—BRICKY FINDS A JOB
CHAPTER XXII.—BLACK BOY'S OWNER
CHAPTER XXIII.—BARRY WAXES ELOQUENT
CHAPTER XXIV.—BADLY RIDDEN
CHAPTER XXV.—SOMETHING ABOUT WINIFRED
CHAPTER XXVI.—A PUZZLE
CHAPTER XXVII.—THE SECOND STRING
CHAPTER XXVIII.—THE NEW CLAIMS
CHAPTER XXIX.—BOUND FOR HOME
CHAPTER XXX.—REALISATION
SPORTING NOVELS. By NAT GOULD.
THE SECOND STRING
CHAPTER FIRST
THE FAILURE
"There goes the failure of the family, yet I like him, there's real gritin him if it was brought out."
The speaker was Sir Lester Dyke, and the remark was made to hisdaughter, Winifred.
"The failure" did not seem unhappy, he walked across the field with afree and easy stride, whistling softly to himself, enjoying the beautiesof nature, taking in everything at a glance, drinking deep of the manygood things that mother earth provided for the entertainment of man