In the Depths of the Dark Continent; or The Vengeance of Van Vincent

MURDER! The little village of Edgewater was covered by the inky pall of night.The big clock on the steeple of the town hall had just tolled the hour of twelve.Ever since night set in the clouds had been heavy and threatening and as the midnight hour arrived the storm burst forth in all its fury.The wind arose to a perfect hurricane and the rain came down in torrents.Van Vincent a bright handsome youth of eighteen years who is to figure as the hero of this story was awakened from his slumber by the creaking of the beams and timbers in the old-fashioned house he called his home.Van was an orphan as far as he knew and lived with an uncle who was reported as being very wealthy though the house he lived in and his everyday appearance would not lead anyone to think so.The last Van had ever heard of his father he had gone to Africa with an exploring party.CONTENTSMURDER!A PLUCKY CHASE.CARRIED TO SEA.ON THE CONGO RIVER.THE EXPLORING PARTY.A SLIGHT ADVENTURE.VAN'S PERIL.A WOMAN'S PARADISE.ESCAPE FROM THE AMAZONS.DOWN THE RIVER.THE DWARFS.A HORRIBLE FATE.SEARCHING FOR JACK AND JOE.IN A PERILOUS POSITION.THE BAND OF HORSEMEN.A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.WHAT BEFELL DOC CLANCY.THE AFRICAN UTOPIA.DOC CLANCY'S CONFESSION.OUR HERO FINDS A FATHER.DIVERSE MATTERS.THE EXECUTION AND WHAT FOLLOWED.UTOPIA IS LEFT BEHIND.CONCLUSION.