TO
ZINGARA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. [ IN WHICH A YOUNG AMERICAN KNOWN AS "HEADLONG" PLAYS AT DICE WITH ONE IN MAN'S CLOTHING WHO IS NOT A MAN ]
II. [ IN WHICH A SPELL IS WORKED AND AN EXPEDITION IS BEGUN ]
III. [ OF THE NEW MOON, A TALE OF AZTEC TREASURE AND A MYSTERY ]
IV. [ INDICATING THAT THAT WHICH APPEARS THE EARTHLY PARADISE MAY PROVE QUITE ANOTHER SORT OF PLACE ]
V. [ HOW ONE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO TAKING ANOTHER MAN'S ORDERS RECEIVES THE COMMAND OF THE QUEEN LADY ]
VI. [ CONCERNING THAT WHICH LAY IN THE EYES OF ZORAIDA ]
VII. [ OF A GIRL HELD FOR RANSOM AND OF A TOAST DRUNK BY ONE INFATUATED ]
VIII. [ HOW A MAN MAY CARRY A MESSAGE AND NOT KNOW HIMSELF TO BE A MESSENGER ]
IX. [ WHICH BEGINS WITH A LITTLE SONG AND ENDS WITH TROUBLE BETWEEN FRIENDS ]
X. [ IN WHICH A MAN KEEPS HIS WORD AND ZORAIDA DARES AND LAUGHS ]
XI. [ IN WHICH THERE IS MORE THAN ONE LIE TOLD AND THE TRUTH IS GLIMPSED ]
XII. [ IN WHICH AN OVERTURE IS MADE, AN ANSWER IS POSTPONED AND A DOOR IS LOCKED ]
XIII. [ CONCERNING WOMAN'S WILES AND WITCHERY ]
XIV. [ CONCERNING A DIFFICULT SITUATION, RECKLESSLY INVITED ]
XV. [ OF THE ANCIENT GARDENS OF THE GOLDEN TEZCUCAN ]
XVI. [ HOW TWO, IN THE LABYRINTH OF MIRRORS, WATCHED DISTANT HAPPENINGS ]
XVII. [ HOW ONE WHO HAS EVER COMMANDED MUST LEARN TO OBEY ]
XVIII. [ OF FLIGHT, PURSUIT AND A LAIR IN THE CLIFFS ]
XIX. [ HOW ONE WHO HIDES AND WATCHES MAY BE WATCHED BY ONE HIDDEN ]
XX. [ IN WHICH A ROCK MOVES, A DISCOVERY IS MADE AND MORE THAN ONE AVENUE IS OPENED ]
XXI. [ HOW ONE RETURNS UNWILLINGLY WHITHER HE WOULD WILLINGLY ENTER BY ANOTHER DOOR ]
XXII. [ REGARDING A NECKLACE OF PEARLS AND CERTAIN PLANS OF TWO WHO WERE MEANT TO BE ONE ]

DAUGHTER OF THE SUN

CHAPTER I

IN WHICH A YOUNG AMERICAN KNOWN AS "HEADLONG"
PLAYS AT DICE WITH ONE IN MAN'S CLOTHING
WHO IS NOT A MAN

Jim Kendric had arrived and the border town knew it well. All who knew the man foresaw that he would come with a rush, tarry briefly for a bit of wild joy and leave with a rush for the Lord knew where and the Lord knew why. For such was ever the way of Jim Kendric.

A letter at the postoffice had been the means of advising the entire community of the coming of Kendric. The letter was from Bruce West, down in Lower California, and scrawled across the flap were instructions to the postmaster to hold it for Jim Kendric who would arrive within a couple of weeks. Furthermore the word URGENT was not to be overlooked.

Among the men drawn together in hourly expectation of the arrival of Kendric, one remarked thoughtfully:

"Jim's Mex friend is in town."