| Copyright, 1909 |
| By Small, Maynard & Company |
| (INCORPORATED) |
| Entered at Stationers’ Hall |
| THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. |
TO
MY WIFE
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Closed Door Opens | [1] |
| II | Chance Provides | [13] |
| III | A Stranger Arrives | [28] |
| IV | The Golden God Speaks | [40] |
| V | In the Dark | [53] |
| VI | Blind Man’s Buff | [63] |
| VII | The Game Continues | [75] |
| VIII | Of Gold and Jewels Long Hidden | [89] |
| IX | A Stern Chase | [100] |
| X | Strange Fishing | [113] |
| XI | What was Caught | [124] |
| XII | Of Love and Queens | [136] |
| XIII | Of Powder and Bullets | [149] |
| XIV | In the Shadow of the Andes | [164] |
| XV | Good News and Bad | [172] |
| XVI | The Priest Takes a Hand | [185] |
| XVII | ’Twixt Cup and Lip | [200] |
| XVIII | Blind Alleys | [214] |
| XIX | The Spider And The Fly | [225] |
| XX | In the Footsteps of Quesada | [237] |
| XXI | The Hidden Cave | [253] |
| XXII | The Taste of Rope | [265]viii |
| XXIII | The Spider Snaps | [274] |
| XXIV | Those in the Hut | [286] |
| XXV | What the Stars Saw | [296] |
| XXVI | A Lucky Bad Shot | [308] |
| XXVII | Dangerous Shadows | [320] |
| XXVIII | A Dash for Port | [330] |
| XXIX | The Open Door Closes | [341] |