"'Hold tight, Mary,' he said, as he cut down a native who was springing upon him from the bushes."

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. [HOW THE CURSE BEGAN ]5
CHAPTER II. [MARGARET CARNE ]21
CHAPTER III. [TWO QUARRELS ]39
CHAPTER IV. [A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY ]58
CHAPTER V. [THE INQUEST ]75
CHAPTER VI. [RUTH POWLETT ]96
CHAPTER VII. [THE VERDICT ]112
CHAPTER VIII. [ENLISTED ]128
CHAPTER IX. [THE OUTBREAK ]147
CHAPTER X. [A SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE ]165
CHAPTER XI. [ATTACK ON A WAGGON-TRAIN ]183
CHAPTER XII. [IN THE AMATOLAS ]202
CHAPTER XIII. [THE RESCUE ]219
CHAPTER XIV. [RONALD IS OFFERED A COMMISSION ]238
CHAPTER XV. [A PARTING ]256
CHAPTER XVI. [SEARCHING FOR A CLUE ]273
CHAPTER XVII. [RUTH POWLETT CONFESSES ]290
CHAPTER XVIII. [GEORGE FORESTER'S DEATH ]307
CHAPTER XIX. [THE FIRE AT CARNE'S HOLD ]324
CHAPTER XX. [CLEARED AT LAST ]340

THE CURSE OF CARNE'S HOLD

CHAPTER I.

HOW THE CURSE BEGAN.