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1. Chapter 1. In Which The Hero Makes His First Flash And Explosion2. Chapter 2. Refers To A Notable Character3. Chapter 3. Early Aspirations4. Chapter 4. Extraordinary Result Of An Attempt At Amateur Cable-Laying5. Chapter 5. Prospects Of Real Cable-Laying...6. Chapter 6. Tells Of Our Hero's Visit To The Great Cable7. Chapter 7. The Big Ship--First Night Aboard8. Chapter 8. Laying The Cable...9. Chapter 9. In Which Joys, Hopes, Alarms, Ghosts...10. Chapter 10. Tells Of Great Efforts And Failures And Grand Success11. Chapter 11. Home!12. Chapter 12. A Great Dynamo-Electric Sea-Fight13. Chapter 13. Tells Of A Sudden And Unlooked-For Event14. Chapter 14. The Raft15. Chapter 15. Life On The Raft16. Chapter 16. In Which Will Be Found More Surprises Than One17. Chapter 17. Strange Discoveries On Pirate Island18. Chapter 18. The Pirate's Island--Continued19. Chapter 19. An Exploration And An Accident20. Chapter 20. Various Subjects Treated Of, And A Great Fight Detailed21. Chapter 21. Departure From Pirate Island...22. Chapter 22. Bombay--Where Stumps Comes To Grief23. Chapter 23. Stumps In Despair--And Bombay In Raptures24. Chapter 24. Shows The Dreadful Depravity Of Man...25. Chapter 25. A Great Field-Day, In Which Slagg Distinguishes Himself26. Chapter 26. Begins With A Disappointment...27. Chapter 27. Describes Several Important Events28. Chapter 28. The Cable Laid29. Chapter 29. Uncle Rik's Adventures30. Chapter 30. The Wright Family Reunited, And Sam Becomes Highly Electrical31. Chapter 31. Describes A Happy Home And A Happier Meeting32. Chapter 32. In Which The Story Finds A "Fault,"...
