Otis James. Jack the Hunchback: A Story of Adventure on the Coast of Maine
Chapter I. ADRIFT
Chapter II. AT AUNT NANCY'S
Chapter III. LEARNING TO MILK
Chapter IV. PURSUED
Chapter V. AN ENCOUNTER
Chapter VI. A MENTAL STRUGGLE
Chapter VII. FARMER PRATT
Chapter VIII. A SECOND WARNING
Chapter IX. THE ALARM
Chapter X. SICKNESS
Chapter XI. GARDENING
Chapter XII. LOUIS'S ADVENTURE
Chapter XIII. THE SEWING CIRCLE
Chapter XIV. AFTER THE STORM
Chapter XV. BROTHER ABNER
Chapter XVI. A HURRIED DEPARTURE
Chapter XVII. CAMP MEETING
Chapter XVIII. A DISASTER
Chapter XIX. JACK'S PROPOSITION
Chapter XX. BILL DEAN
Chapter XXI. STARTLING INFORMATION
Chapter XXII. THE ARRIVAL
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Jack toiled manfully on, running until his breath came in such short gasps that he was forced to walk slowly, and then pressing forward once more as if expecting Farmer Pratt was in full pursuit, urged to rapid travelling by the fear that little Louis would be taken to the poor farm.
Up the long, steep hill, past the railroad station, until three roads stretched out before him: one straight ahead, another to the right, and the third to the left.
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"But it's a terribly long distance, and you children will surely be sun-struck before you get even to Boston!" Then she added quickly, "Here I am forgetting that you must be hungry! Come straight away into the kitchen while I see what there is in the cupboard, for Aunt Nancy Curtis never lets any one, much less children, want for food very long in her house."
