Copyright, 1909
By Small, Maynard & Company
(INCORPORATED)
Entered at Stationers’ Hall
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

TO

MY WIFE


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
IThe Closed Door Opens [1]
IIChance Provides [13]
IIIA Stranger Arrives [28]
IVThe Golden God Speaks [40]
VIn the Dark [53]
VIBlind Man’s Buff [63]
VIIThe Game Continues [75]
VIIIOf Gold and Jewels Long Hidden [89]
IXA Stern Chase [100]
XStrange Fishing [113]
XIWhat was Caught [124]
XIIOf Love and Queens [136]
XIIIOf Powder and Bullets [149]
XIVIn the Shadow of the Andes [164]
XVGood News and Bad [172]
XVIThe Priest Takes a Hand [185]
XVII’Twixt Cup and Lip [200]
XVIIIBlind Alleys [214]
XIXThe Spider And The Fly [225]
XXIn the Footsteps of Quesada [237]
XXIThe Hidden Cave [253]
XXIIThe Taste of Rope [265]viii
XXIIIThe Spider Snaps [274]
XXIVThose in the Hut [286]
XXVWhat the Stars Saw [296]
XXVIA Lucky Bad Shot [308]
XXVIIDangerous Shadows [320]
XXVIIIA Dash for Port [330]
XXIXThe Open Door Closes [341]

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