{"product_id":"2940013366015","title":"IN A NEW WORLD","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         CHAPTER                         PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      I. OLD FRIENDS IN MELBOURNE,   .  .   1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     II. PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, .  .  .   9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    III. FLETCHER ACTS SUSPICIOUSLY, .  .  18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IV. A TIMELY RESCUE,   .  .  .  .  .  26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      V. STARTING FOR THE MINES,  .  .  .  31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VI. A NIGHT INCIDENT,  .  .  .  .  .  40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VII. PARTING COMPANY,   .  .  .  .  .  49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VIII. A VICTIM OF TREACHERY,   .  .  .  58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IX. A DISAGREEABLE SURPRISE, .  .  .  66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      X. FLETCHER TURNS UP AGAIN, .  .  .  74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XI. TAKEN CAPTIVE,  .  .  .  .  .  .  83\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XII. THE HOME OF THE BUSHRANGERS,   .  91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIII. A TRIAL AND ITS TRAGIC FINALE  . 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XIV. ELECTION OF A NEW CAPTAIN,  .  . 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XV. LOST IN THE WOODS, .  .  .  .  . 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XVI. THE SHEPHERD'S HUT,   .  .  .  . 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVII. A WELCOME IN THE WILDS,  .  .  . 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII. A DANGEROUS ACQUAINTANCE,   .  . 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XIX. A RUFFIAN FOILED,  .  .  .  .  . 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XX. THE BOYS ARRIVE AT BENDIGO, .  . 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXI. BUYING A CLAIM, .  .  .  .  .  . 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXII. STRIKING LUCK,  .  .  .  .  .  . 177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIII. RAISING THE NUGGET,   .  .  .  . 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXIV. THE NUGGET IN DANGER, .  .  .  . 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXV. THE MIDNIGHT ROBBERY, .  .  .  . 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXVI. A THIEF'S EMBARRASSMENT, .  .  . 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVII. BAFFLED CUPIDITY,  .  .  .  .  . 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXVIII. THE NUGGET IN SAFETY, .  .  .  . 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXIX. SELLING THE CLAIM, .  .  .  .  . 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXX. THE Two CONSPIRATORS, .  .  .  . 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXXI. TAKEN CAPTIVE,  .  .  .  .  .  . 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXII. OBED IN A TIGHT PLACE,   .  .  . 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXXIII. THE TABLES ARE TURNED,   .  .  . 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXIV. FAREWELL TO MELBOURNE,   .  .  . 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXXV. SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES,  .  .  . 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXVI. A HEART-BROKEN RELATIVE, .  .  . 293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXXVII. HOME AGAIN,  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXVIII. THE BOYS' SECURE POSITIONS, .  . 307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXIX. CONCLUSION,  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIN A NEW WORLD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOLD FRIENDS IN MELBOURNE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA stout gentleman of middle age and two boys were sitting in the public\u003cbr\u003eroom of a modest inn in Melbourne. The gentleman was known to the public\u003cbr\u003eas Professor Hemmenway, who announced himself on the programme of his\u003cbr\u003eentertainment as \"The Magician of Madagascar,\" though he freely\u003cbr\u003econfessed to his confidential friends that he had never seen the island\u003cbr\u003eof that name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two boys were Harry Vane and Jack Pendleton, American boys of\u003cbr\u003esixteen. One had come to Australia as assistant to the professor, and\u003cbr\u003ehad been accustomed to sing one or two popular songs at the magical\u003cbr\u003eentertainments which he gave, besides rendering himself generally\u003cbr\u003euseful. Jack Pendleton was a young sailor, who had resolved to try his\u003cbr\u003efortune in the new country, either at the mines or in any other\u003cbr\u003eemployment offering fair compensation, before resuming his profession.\u003cbr\u003eHarry and the professor had been passengers on board Jack's ship, and\u003cbr\u003ethe two boys had struck up an enduring friendship. The ship had been\u003cbr\u003ewrecked, and they had spent some weeks together on an uninhabited\u003cbr\u003eisland, from which they were finally rescued, as related in a preceding\u003cbr\u003estory, \"Facing the World.\" It had been the professor's intention to give\u003cbr\u003ea series of performances in Melbourne and other parts of Australia, but\u003cbr\u003ethe unexpected delay had led him to change his plans, and he now\u003cbr\u003eproposed to return to America at once. Harry Vane, however, having no\u003cbr\u003enear family ties, for he was an orphan, felt inclined to stay with Jack,\u003cbr\u003eand try his luck for a time in the New World, which appealed strongly to\u003cbr\u003ehis imagination and youthful love of adventure. The day had arrived for\u003cbr\u003ethe professor's departure, and he and the two boys were waiting for the\u003cbr\u003elighter to take him down the Yarra Yarra River to the point of\u003cbr\u003eembarkation, eight miles distant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Harry,\" said the professor kindly, \"I don't like to leave you here. You\u003cbr\u003eare only sixteen, and I feel that it is a great undertaking for you to\u003cbr\u003eattempt to make a living so many thousand miles from your native land. I\u003cbr\u003eshall feel anxious about you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't feel anxious about myself, professor,\" said Harry, with the\u003cbr\u003econfidence natural to youth. \"I am young and strong, and I mean to\u003cbr\u003esucceed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But suppose you fall sick?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Then Jack will look out for me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You may be sure of that, Harry,\" said the young sailor, with a glance\u003cbr\u003eof affection at Harry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You might both fall sick.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Is it best to borrow trouble?\" said Harry, smiling. \"I think we shall\u003cbr\u003ecome out all right.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147563581680,"sku":"2940013366015","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013366015_p0.jpg?v=1763580259","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013366015","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}