Down they plunged side by side from the island into the water
Jack North’s Treasure Hunt
Or,
Daring Adventures in South America
by
Roy Rockwood
Author of “The Rival Ocean Divers,” “The Cruise of the
Treasure Ship,” “A Schoolboy’s Pluck,” etc.
Illustrated
The World Syndicate Publishing Co.
Cleveland New York
Made in U.S.A.
Copyright, 1907, by
Chatterton-Peck Company
Press of
The Commercial Bookbinding Co.
Cleveland
Contents
- A Chance for a Position
- The Test of Strength
- A Long Trip Proposed
- Just in Time
- On the Island of Robinson Crusoe
- A Terrible Mistake
- A Plea of the Enemy
- The Lonely Pimento
- Jack Becomes an Engineer
- A Narrow Escape
- Under the Head of a Jaguar
- Put to the Test
- Precious Moments
- The Attack on the Train
- The Treasure Island
- At the Boiling Lake
- In the Nitrate Fields
- An Alarm of Fire
- Chilians on Both Sides
- Preparations for Departure
- A Panic on Shipboard
- The Fate of Plum Plucky
- Jenny
- Jack and the Ocelot
- In the Quicksands
- A Night in the Jungle
- Jack and the Big Snake
- Back from the Dead
- The Treasure of the Boiling Lake
- A Ride for Life--Conclusion
Jack North’s Treasure Hunt
Chapter I
A Chance for a Position
“Where are you going, Jack?”
“To the shops of John Fowler & Company.”
“To look for a job?”
“Yes.”
“Then you are in luck, for I heard this morningthat they want another striker in the lower shop atonce.”
“Then I’ll strike for theopening at once, and my name is not Jack North ifI don’t land it.”
“It will be John Slowshanks when you do getit, mind me!” cried ou
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