Chapter I: Front Matter

[Frontispiece: "John Gilpin's ride was nothing to it. Scallowa stopped short at the gate, but the boy flew over." _p._ 68.]

_In Search of Fortune._

A TALE OF THE OLD LAND AND THE NEW.

BY

GORDON STABLES, M.D., C.M.
(_Surgeon Royal Navy_),

AUTHOR OF "IN THE DASHING DAYS OF OLD;" "EXILES OF FORTUNE;"
"FOR ENGLAND, HOME, AND BEAUTY;"
ETC. ETC.

NEW EDITION.

_LONDON:_
JOHN F. SHAW AND CO.,
48, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME.

HEARTS OF OAK .. .. .. By Dr. Gordon-Stables.
FOR, ENGLAND, HOME, AND BEAUTY .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
EXILES OF FORTUNE .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
IN SEARCH OF FORTUNE .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
TWO SAILOR LADS .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
IN THE DASHING DAYS OF OLD .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
FACING FEARFUL ODDS .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
GRAHAM'S VICTORY .. .. .. G. Stebbing.
THE TWO CASTAWAYS .. .. .. Lady F. Dixie.
HONOURS DIVIDED .. .. .. W. C. Metcalfe.
ON TO THE RESCUE .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
BEL-MARJORY. A Tale of Conquest .. .. .. L. T. Meade.
EUSTACE MARCHMONT .. .. .. E. Everett-Green.
A TRUE GENTLEWOMAN .. .. .. Emma Marshall.
THE END CROWNS ALL. A Story of Life .. .. .. Emma Marshall.
BISHOP'S CRANWORTH .. .. .. Emma Marshall.
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM .. .. .. Andrew Reed.
CITY SNOWDROPS .. .. .. M. E. Winchester.
COUNTESS MAUD .. .. .. Emily S. Holt.
HER HUSBAND'S HOME. A Tale .. .. .. E. Everett-Green.
IDA VANE. A Tale of the Restoration .. .. .. Andrew Reed.
ONE SNOWY NIGHT .. .. .. Emily S. Holt.
FOR HONOUR NOT HONOURS .. .. .. Dr. Gordon Stables.
WINNING AN EMPIRE .. .. .. G. Stebbing.
A REAL HERO .. .. .. G. Stebbing.
A TANGLED WEB .. .. .. Emily S. Holt.
DOROTHY'S STORY .. .. .. L. T. Meade.
BEATING THE RECORD .. .. .. G. Stebbing.
BRITAIN'S QUEEN .. .. .. T. Paul.
THE FOSTER-SISTERS .. .. .. L. E. Guernsey.
A KNIGHT OF TO-DAY .. .. .. L. T. Meade.
NEVER GIVE IN .. .. .. G. Stebbing.
EDGAR NELTHORPE .. .. .. Andrew Reed.
MARION SCATTERTHWAITE .. .. .. M. Symington.

LONDON: JOHN F. SHAW & CO., 48, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

CONTENTS.

Book I.

_AT BURLEY OLD FARM._

CHAPTER

I. "Ten To-morrow, Archie"
II. A Chip of the Old Block
III. A Day of Adventure
IV. In the Old Castle Tower
V. "Boys will be Boys"
VI. "Johnnie's got the Grit in Him"
VII. "They're up to some Black Work to-night"
VIII. In the Widow's Lonely Hut
IX. The whole Yard was ablaze and burning fiercely
X. "After all, it doesn't take much to make a Man Happy"

Book II.

_AT THE GOLDEN GATES._

I. Spoken like his Father's Son
II. "Keep on your Cap. I was once a Poor Man myself"
III. "Something in Soap"
IV. "The King may come in the Cadger's Way"
V. Bob's Story: Wild Life at the Diggings
VI. A Miner's Marriage
VII. Mr. Winslow in a different Light

Book III

_IN THE WILD INTERIOR._

I. "In this New Land of Ours"
II. Burley New Farm
III. Runaway Stock--Bivouac in the Bush--Night Scene
IV. A Wild Adventure--Archie's Pride receives a Fall
V. Round the Log-fire--Hurricane Bill and the
'Tiger' Snake--Gentleman Craig's Resolve
VI. At Findlayson's Farm--The great Kangaroo Hunt--A
Dinner and Concert
VII. A New Arrival
VIII. The Stream of Life flows quietly on
IX. "I'll write a letter Home"
X. Rumours of War
XI. The Massacre at Findlayson's Farm
XII. On the War Trail
XIII. Chest to Chest with Savages--How it all ended

IN SEARCH OF FORTUNE.