“He smiled down at her glowing young face, and his eyes shone with admiration” [Page [26]]
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | Vengeance Avowed | [9] |
| II. | The Evil that Men do | [32] |
| III. | Mistake, or Blunder? | [39] |
| IV. | The Powers Confer | [52] |
| V. | Chastisement Condign | [64] |
| VI. | A Stern Chase | [78] |
| VII. | Talk of Many Things | [90] |
| VIII. | Spectres of the Past | [114] |
| IX. | Perils in the Night | [136] |
| X. | By a Hair’s Breadth | [145] |
| XI. | Battling the Elements | [160] |
| XII. | The First Shot | [177] |
| XIII. | The Second Shot | [192] |
| XIV. | Three Letters | [210] |
| XV. | Villainy Unmasked | [221] |
| XVI. | A Double Bluff | [238] |
| XVII. | Sentence of Death | [256] |
| XVIII. | Plots and Counterplots | [278] |
| XIX. | The Word Unspoken | [299] |
| XX. | Narrowing the Quest | [321] |
| XXI. | The Silent Duel | [345] |
| XXII. | Reflection and Reaction | [360] |
| XXIII. | Love to the Rescue | [380] |
| XXIV. | The Heavens Open | [397] |
| XXV. | Fulfilment of the Law | [414] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| Page | |
| “He smiled down at her glowing young face, and his eyes shone with admiration” | [Frontispiece] |
| “Upon man and beast the sand-storm beat bitterly” | [168] |
| “Like a flash José’s arm swung back, ... and Curtis sprang lightly aside as the knife struck deep into the tree” | [308] |
| “It had come, the question she had meant not to let him ask” | [404] |