The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman By: Emerson Hough (1857-1923)
First Page: THE MAGNIFICENT ADVENTURE Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman. A NOVEL BY EMERSON HOUGH AUTHOR OF THE COVERED WAGON, NORTH OF 36, ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR I. KELLER NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS Made in the United States of America COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY EMERSON HOUGH COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY THE FRANK A. MUNSEY COMPANY Printed in the United States of America [Illustration: "'Him Ro'shones,' replied the girl" [PAGE 219]] TO ROBERT H. DAVIS GOOD FRIEND INVALUABLE COLLABORATOR CONTENTS PART I CHAPTER PAGE I. MOTHER AND SON 3 II. MERIWETHER AND THEODOSIA 15 III. MR. BURR AND MR. MERRY 30 IV. PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY 36 V. THE PELL MELL AND SOME CONSEQUENCES 47 VI. THE GREAT CONSPIRACY 71 VII. COLONEL BURR AND HIS DAUGHTER 86 VIII. THE PARTING 94 IX. MR. THOMAS JEFFERSON 105 X. THE THRESHOLD OF THE WEST 117 XI. THE TAMING OF PATRICK GASS 128 XII. CAPTAIN WILLIAM CLARK 137 XIII. UNDER THREE FLAGS 143 XIV. THE RENT IN THE ARMOR 153 PART II I. UNDER ONE FLAG 167 II. THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER 182 III. THE DAY'S WORK 191 IV. THE CROSSROADS OF THE WEST 199 V. THE APPEAL 208 VI. WHICH WAY? 218 VII. THE MOUNTAINS 230 VIII. TRAIL'S END 241 IX. THE SUMMONS 250 X. THE ABYSS 256 XI. THE BEE 272 XII. WHAT VOICE HAD CALLED? 280 XIII. THE NEWS 292 XIV. THE GUESTS OF A NATION 300 XV. MR. JEFFERSON'S ADVICE 308 XVI. THE QUALITY OF MERCY 316 XVII. THE FRIENDS 328 XVIII. THE WILDERNESS 336 XIX. DOWN TO THE SEA 351 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "'Him Ro'shones,' replied the girl" Frontispiece FACING PAGE "'Mistah Thomas Jeffahson!' was his sole announcement" 50 "'Oh, Theo, what have I done?'" 162 "Her face indeed!" 252 THE MAGNIFICENT ADVENTURE CHAPTER I MOTHER AND SON A woman, tall, somewhat angular, dark of hair and eye, strong of features a woman now approaching middle age sat looking out over the long, tree clad slopes that ran down from the gallery front of the mansion house to the gate at the distant roadway. She had sat thus for some moments, many moments, her gaze intently fixed, as though waiting for something something or someone that she did not now see, but expected soon to see. It was late afternoon of a day so beautiful that not even old Albemarle, beauty spot of Virginia, ever produced one more beautiful not in the hundred years preceding that day, nor in the century since then. For this was more than a hundred years ago; and what is now an ancient land was then a half opened region, settled only here and there by the great plantations of the well to do... Continue reading book >>

The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman By: Emerson Hough (1857-1923)

First Page:

THE

MAGNIFICENT

ADVENTURE

Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman.

A NOVEL

BY EMERSON HOUGH

AUTHOR OF

THE COVERED WAGON, NORTH OF 36, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR I. KELLER

NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

Printed in the United States of America

[Illustration: "'Him Ro'shones,' replied the girl" [PAGE 219]]

TO ROBERT H. DAVIS GOOD FRIEND INVALUABLE COLLABORATOR

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER PAGE

I. MOTHER AND SON 3

II. MERIWETHER AND THEODOSIA 15

III. MR. BURR AND MR. MERRY 30

IV. PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY 36

V. THE PELL MELL AND SOME CONSEQUENCES 47

VI. THE GREAT CONSPIRACY 71

VII. COLONEL BURR AND HIS DAUGHTER 86

VIII. THE PARTING 94

IX. MR. THOMAS JEFFERSON 105

X. THE THRESHOLD OF THE WEST 117

XI. THE TAMING OF PATRICK GASS 128

XII. CAPTAIN WILLIAM CLARK 137

XIII. UNDER THREE FLAGS 143

XIV. THE RENT IN THE ARMOR 153

PART II

I. UNDER ONE FLAG 167

II. THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER 182

III. THE DAY'S WORK 191

IV. THE CROSSROADS OF THE WEST 199

V. THE APPEAL 208

VI. WHICH WAY? 218

VII. THE MOUNTAINS 230

VIII. TRAIL'S END 241

IX. THE SUMMONS 250

X. THE ABYSS 256

XI. THE BEE 272

XII. WHAT VOICE HAD CALLED? 280

XIII. THE NEWS 292

XIV. THE GUESTS OF A NATION 300

XV. MR. JEFFERSON'S ADVICE 308

XVI. THE QUALITY OF MERCY 316

XVII. THE FRIENDS 328

XVIII. THE WILDERNESS 336

XIX. DOWN TO THE SEA 351

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"'Him Ro'shones,' replied the girl" Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

"'Mistah Thomas Jeffahson!' was his sole announcement" 50

"'Oh, Theo, what have I done?'" 162

"Her face indeed!" 252

THE MAGNIFICENT ADVENTURE

CHAPTER I

MOTHER AND SON

A woman, tall, somewhat angular, dark of hair and eye, strong of features a woman now approaching middle age sat looking out over the long, tree clad slopes that ran down from the gallery front of the mansion house to the gate at the distant roadway. She had sat thus for some moments, many moments, her gaze intently fixed, as though waiting for something something or someone that she did not now see, but expected soon to see.

It was late afternoon of a day so beautiful that not even old Albemarle, beauty spot of Virginia, ever produced one more beautiful not in the hundred years preceding that day, nor in the century since then. For this was more than a hundred years ago; and what is now an ancient land was then a half opened region, settled only here and there by the great plantations of the well to do... Continue reading book >>

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