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Guy Boothby. A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta
A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta
Table of Contents
A BID FOR FORTUNE
PART I
PROLOGUE
DR. NIKOLA
CHAPTER I
I DETERMINE TO TAKE A HOLIDAY.—SYDNEY, AND WHAT BEFEL ME THERE
CHAPTER II
LONDON
CHAPTER III
I VISIT MY RELATIONS
CHAPTER IV
I SAVE AN IMPORTANT LIFE
CHAPTER V
MYSTERY
CHAPTER VI
I MEET DR. NIKOLA AGAIN
CHAPTER VII
PORT SAID, AND WHAT BEFEL US THERE
CHAPTER VIII
OUR IMPRISONMENT AND ATTEMPT AT ESCAPE
CHAPTER IX
DR. NIKOLA PERMITS US A FREE PASSAGE
PART II
CHAPTER I
WE REACH AUSTRALIA, AND THE RESULT
CHAPTER II
ON THE TRAIL
CHAPTER III
LORD BECKENHAM'S STORY
CHAPTER IV
FOLLOWING UP A CLUE
CHAPTER V
THE ISLANDS, AND WHAT WE FOUND THERE
CHAPTER VI
CONCLUSION
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Guy Boothby
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"That man," he said, "bears a very bad reputation. He makes it his trade to meet new arrivals from England—weak-brained young pigeons with money. He shows them round Sydney, and plucks them so clean that, when they leave his hands, in nine cases out of ten, they haven't a feather left to fly with. You ought not, with your experience of rough customers, to be taken in by him."
"Nor am I," I replied. "I am going to teach him a lesson. Come with me."
