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New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune By: Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) |
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[Illustration: THE STAIR WAS OF STONE, ARCHED OVERHEAD LIKE CHURCHES.] NEW TREASURE SEEKERS Or The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune by E. NESBIT Author of "The Treasure Seekers," "The Would Be Goods," Etc. With Illustrations by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer [Illustration] [Illustration] New York Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers TO ARTHUR WATTS (OSWALD IN PARIS) FROM E. NESBIT Montparnasse, 1904. NEW TREASURE SEEKERS [Illustration] CONTENTS PAGE THE ROAD TO ROME; OR, THE SILLY STOWAWAY 15 THE CONSCIENCE PUDDING 37 ARCHIBALD THE UNPLEASANT 62 OVER THE WATER TO CHINA 88 THE YOUNG ANTIQUARIES 113 THE INTREPID EXPLORER AND HIS LIEUTENANT 136 THE TURK IN CHAINS; OR, RICHARD'S REVENGE 161 THE GOLDEN GONDOLA 185 THE FLYING LODGER 209 THE SMUGGLER'S REVENGE 236 ZAÏDA, THE MYSTERIOUS PROPHETESS OF THE GOLDEN ORIENT 262 THE LADY AND THE LICENSE; OR, FRIENDSHIP'S GARLAND 287 THE POOR AND NEEDY 311 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE THE STAIR WAS OF STONE, ARCHED OVERHEAD LIKE CHURCHES Frontispiece DORA DID SOME WHITE SEWING 19 THEY LAUGHED EVER SO 34 AND HE WAS AWFULLY RUDE TO THE SERVANTS 69 THE OTHERS CAME UP BY THE ROPE LADDER 73 SO OSWALD OPENED THE TRAP DOOR AND SQUINTED DOWN, AND THERE WAS THAT ARCHIBALD 75 "WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT?" HE ASKED. "NYANG, NYANG," JANE ANSWERED TAUNTINGLY 83 WHEN FATHER CAME HOME THERE WAS AN AWFUL ROW 85 IT SEEMS THE SAILOR WAS ASLEEP, BUT OF COURSE WE DID NOT KNOW, OR WE SHOULD NOT HAVE DISTURBED HIM 94 WE WENT ROUND A CORNER RATHER FAST, AND CAME SLAP INTO THE LARGEST WOMAN I HAVE EVER SEEN 99 IT WAS INDEED A CELESTIAL CHINAMAN IN DEEP DIFFICULTIES 103 ON THE SIDEBOARD WAS A BLUEY WHITE CROCKERY IMAGE 107 OSWALD LISTENED AS CAREFULLY AS HE COULD, BUT DENNY ALWAYS BUZZES SO WHEN HE WHISPERS 117 IT WAS NOT TILL NEXT DAY THAT HE OWNED THAT THE TYPEWRITER HAD BEEN A FIEND IN DISGUISE 123 THE STATIONMASTER AND PORTER LOOKED RESPECTFULLY AT US 127 HER VOICE WHEN SHE TOLD US WE WERE TRESPASSING WAS NOT SO FURIOUS 131 THE LUNCH WAS A PERFECT DREAM OF A.1. NESS 137 OSWALD DID NOT STRIKE THE NEXT MATCH CAREFULLY ENOUGH 145 WITH SCISSORS AND GAS PLIERS THEY CUT EVERY FUSE 157 "HI, BRIGANDS!" HE EXCLAIMED 167 IT WAS RATHER DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING THE SHAPE OF A TURKEY 173 WHEN THE DOOR WAS SHUT HE SAID, "I AIN'T GOT MUCH TO SAY, YOUNG GEMMEN" 179 THE FIVE OTHERS 191 OSWALD SAW THE DRIVER WINK AS HE PUT HIS BOOT ON THE STEP, AND THE PORTER WHO WAS OPENING THE CAB DOOR WINKED BACK 201 HE LOOKED AT OSWALD'S BOOTS 203 HE FETCHED DOWN HALF A DOZEN PLANKS AND THE WORKMAN 218 "HOW MUCH?" SAID THE GENTLEMAN SHORTLY 222 "THEN I'LL MAKE YOU!" HE SAID, CATCHING HOLD OF OSWALD 232 A COASTGUARD ORDERED US QUITE HARSHLY 244 SURE ENOUGH IT WAS SEA WATER, AS THE UNAMIABLE ONE SAID WHEN HE HAD TASTED IT 259 "I SAY, BEALIE DEAR, YOU'VE GOT A BOOK UP AT YOUR PLACE" 265 ALICE BEAT THE DONKEY FROM THE CART, THE REST SHOUTED 272 "WE'VE GOT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS," SAID NOËL 280 THE ROAD TO ROME; OR, THE SILLY STOWAWAY WE Bastables have only two uncles, and neither of them, are our own natural born relatives... Continue reading book >>
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