Hugh Stanford's Luck

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Mary Grant Bruce. Hugh Stanford's Luck

Hugh Stanford's Luck

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

COLOMBO

CHAPTER II

AUSTRALIA

CHAPTER III

COMING HOME

CHAPTER IV

THE LUCK OF THE PRIEST

CHAPTER V

SETTLING DOWN

CHAPTER VI

THE SADDLE AGAIN

CHAPTER VII

DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER VIII

A SOUND IN THE NIGHT

CHAPTER IX

THE LUCK HOLDS FOR JOAN

CHAPTER X

CHRISTMAS

CHAPTER XI

GEORGE STANFORD'S STORY

CHAPTER XII

HOW HUGH SOLD HIS LUCK

CHAPTER XIII

HOW THE LUCK CAME BACK

CHAPTER XIV

SIX MONTHS LATER

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Mary Grant Bruce

Published by Good Press, 2021

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The car purred gently along. His father had taught him to drive when he was a very small boy--it was the only thing that he could do without feeling that his lame leg hampered him, and he knew the big car and its engine as well as any mechanic. They turned into a less-frequented road, and he let her out in a burst of swift speed that devoured the miles tirelessly. Then they came back to the main road and drove more soberly; past the Galle Face, where the band still brayed wild jazz-music, and so, in sight of the harbour and the riding-lights of the ships at their moorings. They turned into the busy streets of Colombo and slid down towards the water-front, threading their way in and out of the press of traffic. A sailor, half-drunk, whom they barely missed as he reeled across the road, looked after them with a bewildered expression of wrath.

"Kid drivin'!" he uttered. "Ought to be in bed hours ago!"

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