The Tickencote Treasure

THE TICKENCOTE TREASURE
“ ‘I believe I could take the old tub from the Gib. to Naples without a compass.’ ” (Chapter 1.)
THE TICKENCOTE
TREASURE
WILLIAM LE QUEUX
Author of “A Secret Service,” “The Temptress,”
“In White Raiment,” etc.
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO
1913
If you are fond of a mystery I believe you will ponder over this curious narrative just as I have pondered.
Certain persons, having heard rumours of the strange adventures that once happened to me, have asked me to write them down in detail, so that they may be printed and given to the world in their proper sequence. Therefore, in obedience, and in order to set at rest for ever certain wild and unfounded reports which crept into the papers at the time, I do so without fear or favour, seeking to conceal no single thing, but merely to relate what I actually saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears.