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Percy Keese Fitzhugh. Kidnapped in the Jungle
Kidnapped in the Jungle
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. STOWAWAY
CHAPTER II. NEWS
CHAPTER III. CONFESSION
CHAPTER IV. A SHADOW
CHAPTER V. BORDERLAND
CHAPTER VI. A STRANGE EPISODE
CHAPTER VII. CHASE
CHAPTER VIII. MR. BRODY
CHAPTER IX. A VIEW TO CARRYING ON
CHAPTER X. VISITOR
CHAPTER XI. A NECESSARY EVIL
CHAPTER XII. CHUOCO
CHAPTER XIII. FOREWARNED
CHAPTER XIV. SAN GORDA SWAMP
CHAPTER XV. SUSPICION
CHAPTER XVI. QUESTIONS
CHAPTER XVII. L’INCONNU
CHAPTER XVIII. GREED OF GOLD
CHAPTER XIX. CAPTIVE
CHAPTER XX. DORSEY
CHAPTER XXI. ONE WHITE MAN
CHAPTER XXII. SEARCH
CHAPTER XXIII. A JUNGLE NIGHT
CHAPTER XXIV. EVIDENCE
CHAPTER XXV. A FIRM RESOLVE
CHAPTER XXVI. A FRIENDLY GESTURE
CHAPTER XXVII. CERRO LOLITA
CHAPTER XXVIII. RUSE
CHAPTER XXIX. DEDUCTION
CHAPTER XXX. DEVIL’S ABODE
CHAPTER XXXI. TO A MAN
CHAPTER XXXII. FAREWELL
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Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“But don’t you see!” Coly said excitedly. “Consider the times and the fear old Silas Wainwright had that many people would open that letter before it got to his family! Do you suppose he was going to write in plain English that he had buried gold? Use your brains, Hal—why do you suppose he sent the ring? It was a plain signet ring with his initials, S.J.W., engraved on it. Underneath is a secret compartment that contains the gold dust. It’s worked by a secret spring lock and Jean’s grandfather discovered it only a few years ago. What does the ring mean but that there’s more gold dust buried in Panama? Even Jean’s aunt insists that must be so.”
“Gosh!” said Hal.
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