COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I.--[The Meeting of the Four]
II.--[The March of the Train]
III.--[At the Ford]
IV.--[On Watch]
V.--[The Comanche Village]
VI.--[The Medicine Lodge]
VII.--[The Great Sleep]
VIII.--[New Enemies]
IX.--[The Fiery Circle]
X.--[Phil's Letter]
XI.--[With the Army]
XII.--[The Pass of Angostura]
XIII.--[A Wind of the Desert]
XIV.--[Buena Vista]
XV.--[The Woman at the Well]
XVI.--[The Castle of Montevideo]
XVII.--[The Thread, the Key, and the Dagger]
XVIII.--[The Hut in the Cove]
XIX.--[Arenberg's Quest]
XX.--[The Silver Cup]
XXI.--[The Note of a Melody]
XXII.--[Breakstone's Quest]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

["The man spoke in a sharp whisper: 'You are John Bedford?'"] . . . Frontispiece

["Putting his blanket beneath him, he lay before one of the fires"]

["A black, snakelike loop fell over Bill Breakstone's head"]

["The third boy from the rear stopped and listened"]