Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago
LIST OF CHAPTERS
| chapter | page | |
| I. | The Doyles are Astonished | [1] |
| II. | Uncle John Makes Plans | [12] |
| III. | "All Ashore!" | [24] |
| IV. | Some New Acquaintances and a Warning | [36] |
| V. | Vesuvius Rampant | [54] |
| VI. | Under a Cloud | [57] |
| VII. | A Friend in Need | [69] |
| VIII. | Across the Bay | [76] |
| IX. | Count Ferralti | [85] |
| X. | The Road to Amalfi | [94] |
| XI. | The Eagle Screams | [110] |
| XII. | Moving on | [120] |
| XIII. | "Il Duca" | [137] |
| XIV. | Uncle John Disappears | [153] |
| XV. | Days of Anxiety | [169] |
| XVI. | Tato | [180] |
| XVII. | The Hidden Valley | [189] |
| XVIII. | The Guests of the Brigand | [202] |
| XIX. | A Difficult Position | [217] |
| XX. | Uncle John Plays Eavesdropper | [228] |
| XXI. | The Pit | [241] |
| XXII. | News at Last | [250] |
| XXIII. | Beth Begins to Plot | [263] |
| XXIV. | Patsy's New Friend | [272] |
| XXV. | Turning the Tables | [283] |
| XXVI. | The Count Unmasks | [292] |
| XXVII. | Tato is Adopted | [304] |
| XXVIII. | Dreams and Dress-making | [312] |
| XXIX. | Tato Wins | [326] |
| XXX. | A Way to Forget | [337] |
| XXXI. | Safe Home | [345] |
PREFATORY:
The author is pleased to be able to present a sequel to "Aunt Jane's Nieces," the book which was received with so much favor last year. Yet it is not necessary one should have read the first book to fully understand the present volume, the characters being taken to entirely new scenes.
The various foreign localities are accurately described, so that those who have visited them will recognize them at once, while those who have not been so fortunate may acquire a clear conception of them. It was my good fortune to be an eye witness of the recent great eruption of Vesuvius.
Lest I be accused of undue sensationalism in relating the somewhat dramatic Sicilian incident, I will assure my reader that the story does not exaggerate present conditions in various parts of the island. In fact, Il Duca and Tato are drawn from life, although they did not have their mountain lair so near to Taormina as I have ventured to locate it. Except that I have adapted their clever system of brigandage to the exigencies of this story, their history is truly related. Many who have travelled somewhat outside the beaten tracks in Sicily will frankly vouch for this statement.