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Title: Jack North's Treasure Hunt Daring Adventures in South America
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[Illustration: DOWN THEY PLUNGED SIDE BY SIDE FROM THE
ISLAND AND INTO THE WATER.]

JACK NORTH'S TREASURE HUNT
Or,
Daring Adventures in South America BY ROY ROCKWOOD
Author of "The Rival Ocean Divers," "The Cruise of the Treasure
Ship," "A Schoolboy's Pluck," etc.
Illustrated
THE WORLD SYNDICATE PUBLISHING CO. CLEVELAND NEW
YORK
Made in U.S.A.
Copyright, 1907, by CHATTERTON-PECK COMPANY PRESS OF

THE COMMERCIAL BOOKBINDING CO CLEVELAND

Contents

I. A Chance for a Position II. The Test of Strength III. A Long Trip
Proposed IV. Just in Time V. On the Island of Robinson Crusoe VI. A
Terrible Mistake VII. A Plea of the Enemy VIII. The Lonely Pimento
IX. Jack Becomes an Engineer X. A Narrow Escape XI. Under the
Head of a Jaguar XII. Put to the Test XIII. Precious Moments XIV. The
Attack on the Train XV. The Treasure Island XVI. At the Boiling Lake
XVII. In the Nitrate Fields XVIII. An Alarm of Fire XIX. Chilians on
Both Sides XX. Preparations for Departure XXI. A Panic on Shipboard
XXII. The Fate of Plum Plucky XXIII. Jenny XXIV. Jack and the
Ocelot XXV. In the Quicksands XXVI. A Night in the Jungle XXVII.
Jack and the Big Snake XXVIII. Back from the Dead XXIX. The
Treasure of the Boiling Lake XXX. A Ride for Life--Conclusion

Jack North's Treasure Hunt
Chapter I
A Chance for a Position

"Where are you going, Jack?"
"To the shops of John Fowler & Company."
"To look for a job?"
"Yes."
"Then you are in luck, for I heard this morning that they want another

striker in the lower shop at once."
"Then I'll strike for the opening at once, and my name is not
Jack North if I don't land it."
"It will be John Slowshanks when you do get it, mind me!" cried out
another voice, from an alley-way near at hand, and before Jack North
or his companion could recover from their surprise the speaker, a tall,
awkward youth of twenty, sped up the street at the top of his speed.
The scene was in Bauton, a large manufacturing city of New England.
The first speaker was a workman at the shops that had been mentioned,
but beyond the fact that he placed the youth before him in the way of
getting work, he needs no special introduction.
The other person was a lad of eighteen, with brown, curly hair, blue
eyes, and a round, robust figure. His name was John North, and he was
the son of a couple in humble circumstances.
"Take care!" cried the man, "that sneak will get in ahead of you, and
then a snap of your little finger for your chance of getting the job at
Fowler's."
Jack North did not stop to hear his friend through. He was very much in
need of a situation, and he knew the young man who had rushed in
ahead of him as a bitter enemy. That fact, coupled with his desire to get
work, caused him to dash up the street as fast as he could run.
Naturally the appearance of the two running at such a headlong pace
aroused the attention of the passers-by, all of whom stopped to see
what it meant. Others rushed out of their houses, offices or workshops