Chapter I: Front Matter

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CHANCE FOR HIMSELF;

OR,

JACK HAZARD AND HIS TREASURE.

BY

J. T. TROWBRIDGE,

AUTHOR OF “JACK HAZARD AND HIS FORTUNES,” “LAWRENCE’S ADVENTURES,”
“COUPON BONDS,” ETC.

BOSTON:
JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY,
LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
1872.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872,

BY JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO.,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE.

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CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE THUNDER-SQUALL 7
II. WHAT JACK FOUND IN THE LOG 13
III. “TREASURE-TROVE” 19
IV. IN WHICH JACK COUNTS HIS CHICKENS 28
V. WAITING FOR THE DEACON 32
VI. “ABOUT THAT HALF-DOLLAR” 36
VII. HOW JACK WENT FOR HIS TREASURE 41
VIII. JACK AND THE SQUIRE 49
IX. THE SQUIRE’S PERPLEXITY AND JACK’S STRATAGEM 58
X. “THE HUSWICK TRIBE” 65
XI. THE “COURT” AND THE “VERDICT” 70
XII. HOW HOD’S TROUSERS WENT TO THE SQUIRE’S HOUSE 78
XIII. HOW JACK RESCUED LION, BUT MISSED THE TREASURE 82
XIV. SQUIRE PETERNOT AT HOME 89
XV. JACK AND THE HUSWICK BOYS 96
XVI. HOW JACK CALLED AT THE SQUIRE’S 104
XVII. HOW JACK TOOK TO HIS HEELS 111
XVIII. HOW THE HEELS WENT HOME WITHOUT SHOES AND STOCKINGS 116
XIX. HOW JACK WAS INVITED TO RIDE 122
XX. HOW THE SHOES AND STOCKINGS CAME HOME 128
XXI. JACK IN DISGRACE 135
XXII. JACK AND THE JOLLY CONSTABLE 143
XXIII. BEFORE JUDGE GARTY 150
XXIV. THE PRISONER’S CUP OF MILK 157
XXV. JACK’S PRISONERS 160
XXVI. THE OWNER OF THE POTATO PATCH, AND HIS DOG 167
XXVII. THE RACE, AND HOW IT ENDED 174
XXVIII. THE SEARCH, AND HOW IT ENDED 179
XXIX. THE CULVERT AND THE CORNFIELD 187
XXX. JACK BREAKFASTS AND RECEIVES A VISITOR 194
XXXI. TEA WITH AUNT PATSY 201
XXXII. A STARLIGHT WALK WITH ANNIE FELTON 208
XXXIII. A STRANGE CALL AT A STRANGE HOUR OF THE NIGHT 216
XXXIV. HOW JACK WON A BET, AND RETURNED A FAVOR 221
XXXV. AT MR. CHATFORD’S GATE 227
XXXVI. THE “RIDE” CONTINUED 234
XXXVII. ONE OF THE DEACON’S BLUNDERS 239
XXXVIII. THE DEACON’S DIPLOMACY 246
XXXIX. A TURN OF FORTUNE 251
XL. THE SQUIRE’S TRIUMPH 257
XLI. HOW IT ALL ENDED 264

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A CHANCE FOR HIMSELF.

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