Under the Chinese Dragon: A Tale of Mongolia

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Brereton Frederick Sadleir. Under the Chinese Dragon: A Tale of Mongolia

CHAPTER I. Ebenezer speaks his Mind

CHAPTER II. The Road to London

CHAPTER III. Wanted a Job

CHAPTER IV. A Responsible Position

CHAPTER V. London's Alien Criminals

CHAPTER VI. The Professor makes a Suggestion

CHAPTER VII. At Sea on a Chinese Junk

CHAPTER VIII. In a Tight Corner

CHAPTER IX. A Game of Long Bowls

CHAPTER X. Ebenezer Clayhill's Inspiration

CHAPTER XI. David goes on a Journey

CHAPTER XII. Chang announces his Errand

CHAPTER XIII. In a Chinese Prison

CHAPTER XIV. Tsu-Hi is Astonished

CHAPTER XV. Dick and David Turn the Tables

CHAPTER XVI. Freedom Again

CHAPTER XVII. A Chapter of Adventures

CHAPTER XVIII. Terrors of the Mongolian Desert

CHAPTER XIX. A Fight to a Finish

CHAPTER XX. The Secret of the Ruins

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'Time to sit down and think a little,' he said to himself, resting on his pedals and allowing his machine to glide along down the incline till it came of its own accord to a rest. 'Now, we'll sit down here and think things out, and have a look into this affair. I must consider ways and means.'

He was a practical young fellow, was David Harbor, and already the seriousness of the move he had made was weighing upon him. Not that he was inclined to hesitate or to go back, not that at all, only the future was so clouded. His movements were so uncertain; the absence of some definite plan or course of procedure was so embarrassing.

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'That comes of staring over one's shoulder,' he said, picking himself up at once. 'But there seems to have been an accident behind there. I saw the horse in that brougham rear as it got opposite the traction-engine. Then it dashed forward, and – why, the coachman has jumped from the box! The coward! He's left those ladies to be dashed to pieces – the coward!'

The distance was so short that he was able to take in the whole situation, and it was clear that the coachman on the box of the vehicle had lost his head and his nerve. David had watched him holding to his reins as the horse plunged; but the instant it bolted down the road the man had leaped from his seat, and striking the road heavily had rolled over and over into the ditch. Left to itself, the horse was coming along the road at a mad gallop, the brougham swaying behind him in an alarming manner, and threatening to capsize at any moment.

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