Produced by David Edwards, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) [Illustration: THE ADVENTURE WITH THE BASKET OF COIN.] A 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. [Illustration: Publisher’s Logo] BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO. 1872. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. ------- 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.