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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
"'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