Author of "Prescott of Saskatchewan,"
"Ranching for Sylvia," "For the Allinson
Honor," "The Secret or the Reef," etc.
WITH FRONTISPIECE IN COLOR
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND UNDER THE TITLE "A RISKY GAME"
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Father Agustin's Sheep | [1] |
| II. | The Adventures Begin | [12] |
| III. | High Stakes | [23] |
| IV. | The "Enchantress" | [32] |
| V. | The Call of the Unknown | [43] |
| VI. | On the Spanish Main | [52] |
| VII. | Mangrove Creek | [64] |
| VIII. | The Traitor | [73] |
| IX. | Stranded | [80] |
| X. | The Peon Pilot | [89] |
| XI. | A Modern Don Quixote | [99] |
| XII. | Baiting the Smugglers | [105] |
| XIII. | The Emerald Ring | [117] |
| XIV. | Smooth Water | [126] |
| XV. | The Tornado | [136] |
| XVI. | The Ruse | [145] |
| XVII. | Eluding the Gunboat | [157] |
| XVIII. | The Test of Love | [167] |
| XIX. | The Cuban Spy | [178] |
| XX. | The Arrest of Castillo | [189] |
| XXI. | A Half-breed's Trick | [198] |
| XXII. | Held for Ransom | [209] |
| XXIII. | The Intercepted Note | [219] |
| XXIV. | In the Camp of the Hillsmen | [229] |
| XXV. | A Trial of Speed | [240] |
| XXVI. | Trapped | [250] |
| XXVII. | Hands Down | [259] |
| XXVIII. | The President's Despatches | [271] |
| XXIX. | The Presidio | [283] |
| XXX. | The Escape | [294] |
| XXXI. | The American Trader | [305] |
| XXXII. | Love's Vision | [315] |
| XXXIII. | The Hero of Rio Frio | [322] |
| XXXIV. | The Coming Dawn | [335] |