1st UK Edition

Augusta set her teeth and endured in silence

H. Rider Haggard's New Novel

And so they went, glad to have got over the first step so pleasantly

And thus it was

The street where Augusta lived.

St. Michael.

'At Lady Holmhurst's.' Come to-morrow morning

Augusta's Little Sister.

And Augusta, looking at his face, could not but believe him

St. George's, Hanover Square.

Eustace Consults a Lawyer.

Augusta's Decision.

The R.M.S. 'Kangaroo'

The R.M.S. 'Kangaroo'

Augusta Flies.

I don't think that I can live through the night

Augusta turned her back to the judge

Mr. Meeson tearing his will.

Meeson V. Addison and Another.

Preface

Rescued.

Southampton Quay.

How Eustace Was Disinherited.

How Eustace Was Disinherited.

The 'Kangaroo' at sea.

Eustace buys a paper.

What could it mean?

How Augusta was Filed.

Grant As Prayed.

Meeson's Once Again.

And to think that all this comes out of the brains of chaps like you.

Augusta gently lifted the sheet, revealing the sweet face of little Jeannie in her coffin.

Down went the books with a crash and a bang, and, carried away by their weight, down went Mr. Addison.

'Just as the men came up she got away somehow, and stood looking very foolish.'

Grant As Prayed.

Southampton Quay.

A Mighty vessel steamed majestically out of the mouth of the Thames.

The Catastrophe.

Pompadour Hall

'She's going!— by George, she's going!' said the seaman Johnnie.

Eustace Consults a Lawyer.

Short on Legal Etiquette.

Right into thi beautiful fjord they sailed.

Preface

Nothing but the white wave-horses, across which the black cormorants steered their swift, unerring flight.

Mr. Tombey Goes Forward.

Mr. Tombey Goes Forward.

'O Auntie! Auntie!' Dick sang out in high glee, 'here's a big ship coming sailing along.'

Kerguelen Land

Augusta to the Rescue

The last of Mr. Meeson

Rescued

At Hanover Square

Augusta Flies

Contents

Contents

Eustace belonged to the class that rises, and not to that which shrinks

List of Illustrations.