Guy in the Jungle: or, A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa
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Graydon William Murray. Guy in the Jungle: or, A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I. THE STOLEN DESPATCHES
CHAPTER II. A STRANGE MEETING
CHAPTER III. THE ARAB'S WARNING
CHAPTER IV. THE ALARM
CHAPTER V. THE NIGHT ON THE ROOF
CHAPTER VI. A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH
CHAPTER VII. SOLD INTO SLAVERY
CHAPTER VIII. THE SEPARATION
CHAPTER IX. A CLOSE SHAVE
CHAPTER X. THE SLAVE PRISON
CHAPTER XI. CANARIS UNFOLDS A TALE
CHAPTER XII. A DARING MOVE
CHAPTER XIII. THE FLIGHT THROUGH THE TOWN
CHAPTER XIV. OVER THE WALLS
CHAPTER XV. THE PURSUIT
CHAPTER XVI. BESIEGED
CHAPTER XVII. A CLOSE SHAVE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE UNDERGROUND RIVER
CHAPTER XIX. A DARING EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XX. BY A HAIR'S BREADTH
CHAPTER XXI. CUT OFF FROM THE OUTER WORLD
CHAPTER XXII. AN UNWELCOME VISITOR
CHAPTER XXIII. A WONDERFUL ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXIV. SIR ARTHUR WAKES AT THE RIGHT TIME
CHAPTER XXV. THE JOURNEY ON THE LAKE
CHAPTER XXVI. THE ISLE OF SKELETONS
CHAPTER XXVII. ALL HOPE VANISHES
CHAPTER XXVIII. A DESPERATE FIGHT
CHAPTER XXIX. GUY SAVES SIR ARTHUR
CHAPTER XXX. A STRANGE DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXXI. A TERRIBLE BLUNDER
CHAPTER XXXII. GOOD-BY TO THE LAKE
CHAPTER XXXIII. A TERRIBLE RIDE
CHAPTER XXXIV. MORE MISERY
CHAPTER XXXV. BILDAD DRINKS NEW LIFE
CHAPTER XXXVI. BILDAD TURNS CANNIBAL
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE END OF THE CAVERN
CHAPTER XXXVIII. CAPTAIN BECKER LOSES A WAGER
CHAPTER XXXIX. CONCLUSION
A PIPE OF MYSTERY
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Steadily the Cleopatra had traversed the Mediterranean, passed through the Suez Canal, plowed the burning waters of the Red Sea, and now, on this bright, sultry day, Aden was left behind, and with smoking funnels she was heading swiftly and boldly for the Indian Ocean.
A smaller steamer, a mere pigmy beside this gigantic Indian liner, had left the harbor of Aden at the same time, and was beating in a southwesterly direction across the gulf with a speed that was rapidly increasing the distance between the two vessels.
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"Well, Mr. Torres," he said. "I am sorry that I have no cards about me, but my name is Chutney."
The Portuguese softly whispered the name once or twice. Then, without further questioning, he offered Guy a cigar, and lit one himself.
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