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Young Jack, the charming protagonist whose mischievous personality and desire for adventure will immediately relate with you, is at the center of this engrossing story. The opulent and alluring Hyson Hall estate serves as the background for an engrossing and vivid drama, becoming into a character in and of itself.
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The late 19th-century English setting of the book gives it an immersive feel and provides a view into the social and economic climate of the era. Readers of all ages will be emotionally impacted and able to relate to it because of its ageless themes of love, loyalty, family, and the weight of duty, which are woven into the very fabric of the novel.
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CHAPTER I. OLD BRUDEN……………………………………………………………………………………… 1
CHAPTER II. IN WHICH PHILIP IS VERY MUCH AMAZED………… 5
CHAPTER III. OLD BRUDEN MAKES A MOVE……………………………… 9
CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH CHAP SHOOTS A LITTLE AND PLANS A GREAT DEAL…………………………………………………………………………………….. 14
CHAPTER V. THE MASTER’S GUN……………………………………………….. 18
CHAPTER VI. ARABIAN BLOOD…………………………………………………… 23
CHAPTER VII. WHAT JOUNCER PUT HIS FOOT INTO…………….. 26
CHAPTER VIII. CHAP ENTERS THE FOG……………………………………. 32
CHAPTER IX. CHAP’S IRON HEEL……………………………………………….. 36
CHAPTER X. IN WHICH A STORY IS TOLD………………………………… 42
CHAPTER XI. PHILIP IS BROUGHT TO A HALT………………………… 47
CHAPTER XIII. OLD BRUDEN FINDS HIS MASTER………………….. 56
CHAPTER XIV. PHŒNIX SEES HIS DUTY AND DOES IT………….. 62
CHAPTER XV. THE FIRE ON THE THOMAS WISTAR………………. 67
CHAPTER XVI. SPATTERDOCK POINT……………………………………….. 71
CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH A COUNCIL IS HELD………………………. 76
CHAPTER XVIII. TOURON IN THE FIELD…………………………………… 80
CHAPTER XIX. PHIL AND CHAP START ON AN EXPEDITION.. 85
CHAPTER XX. ’ZOSE ANGEL BELLS.’…………………………………………. 89
CHAPTER XXI. ON SEPARATE ROADS……………………………………….. 95
CHAPTER XXII. IN WHICH THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF FAST TRAVELLING……………………………………………………………………………………. 99
CHAPTER XXIII. MR. GODFREY BERKELEY IS HEARD FROM…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 105
CHAPTER XXIV. THE GROCER’S BUGGY ONCE MORE………….. 111
CHAPTER XXV. OLD BRUDEN MAKES AN IMPRESSION………. 114
CHAPTER XXVI. MR. TOURON ATTENDS PERSONALLY TO HIS AFFAIRS………………………………………………………………………………………….. 118
CHAPTER XXVII. THE LONELY SUMACH…………………………………. 122
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE RETURN OF THE RUNAWAY……………. 130
CHAPTER XXIX. THE ONE FELLOW WHO WAS LEFT YET…… 135
CHAPTER XXX. THE GREAT MOMENT ARRIVES…………………… 140
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