Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: IN RANGOON.] JACK HAYDON'S QUEST BY JOHN FINNEMORE _CONTAINING EIGHT FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS_ _IN COLOUR FROM DRAWINGS BY J. JELLICOE_ PHILADELPHIA J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY LONDON: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1907 * * * * * CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE ATTACK ON THE HEATH, II. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE, III. THE BIG RUBY, IV. BUCK SEES LIGHT, V. THE SPY, VI. IN RANGOON, VII. UP THE RIVER, VIII. THE ATTACK ON THE SAMPAN, IX. A CLOSE CALL, X. THE DACOITS, XI. BELEAGUERED, XII. A FIGHT FOR LIFE, XIII. A CUNNING TRICK, XIV. JACK'S PLAN, XV. IN THE JUNGLE, XVI. THE BRIDGE AND THE FORD, XVII. A FRIGHTFUL PERIL, XVIII. THE COMBAT IN THE RIVER, XIX. THE VILLAGE FESTIVAL, XX. THE DANCING GIRL, XXI. JACK FINDS HIMSELF IN BAD HANDS, XXII. THE TWO ELEPHANTS, XXIII. THE PANTHAY WOOD-CUTTERS, XXIV. AN UNWELCOME MEETING, XXV. THE CAVE IN THE RAVINE, XXVI. THE RESOLVE OF BUCK AND JIM, XXVII. THE FIGHT IN THE TUNNEL, XXVIII. THE RUSE OF SAYA CHONE, XXIX. THE TORTURE BY FIRE, XXX. THE STRONGHOLD OF THE RUBY KING, XXXI. FATHER AND SON, XXXII. THE HORROR IN THE SWAMP, XXXIII. THE POTHOODAW, XXXIV. THE HIDING-PLACE AND THE THIEF, XXXV. THE FLIGHT FROM THE VALLEY, XXXVI. PENNED IN THE PASS, XXXVII. HOW THEY MADE A ROPE, XXXVIII. IN THE DESERTED CITY, XXXIX. THE SECRET CHAMBER, XL. THE BATTLE ON THE STAIRS, XLI. THE SECRET PASSAGE, XLII. IN THE COURTYARD, XLIII. THE FACE AT THE DOORWAY, XLIV. HOW THINGS ENDED, * * * * * ILLUSTRATIONS. IN RANGOON, _Frontispiece_ THE ATTACK ON THE MONASTERY, THE DANGER AT THE FORD, THE DANCING GIRL, A SUDDEN ALARM, THE RESCUE OF THE NATIVE CHILD, THE MIDNIGHT THIEF, THE INTERCEPTED FLIGHT, * * * * * JACK HAYDON'S QUEST. CHAPTER I. THE ATTACK ON THE HEATH. Jack Haydon, prefect of Rushmere School and captain of the first fifteen, walked swiftly out of the school gates and turned along the high road. He had leave to go to the little town of Longhampton, three miles away, to visit a day-scholar, a great friend of his, now on the sick list.