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Title: The Magnificent Adventure
Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and
the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman

Author: Emerson Hough

Illustrator: Arthur I. Keller

Release Date: October 20, 2009 [EBook #30298]

Language: English

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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

[Illustration: "'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