COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY

G. W. Dillingham Co., Publishers.

MDCCCXCVII.

[All rights reserved.]

CONTENTS.

Chapter Page
I.The Strange Document[7]
II.Into the Heart of Africa[17]
III.In the Cavern[27]
IV.Death Faces Them[35]
V.The City of “On”[43]
VI.The Banquet[50]
VII.The Law of the Land of On[59]
VIII.The Royal Hunt[73]
IX.The Gold Mine and Cave of Ice[81]
X.The Journey to the Lake[89]
XI.The Fight of the Sea Monsters[94]
XII.The Night of Prayer[101]
XIII.The Accusation[107]
XIV.The Storm[114]
XV.In the Track of the Storm[121]
XVI.Enola Found[129]
XVII.“She is Mad.”[134]
XVIII.Onrai Visits the Priest[139]
XIX.Onrai Confesses his Love[148]
XX.The Agony of Onrai[156]
XXI.In Peril[162]
XXII.“They must Die”[168]
XXIII.A Message from the Priest[179]
XXIV.The Crisis Past[185]
XXV.“He will Marry You”[189]
XXVI.A Strange Discovery[195]
XXVII.In the Hole[201]
XXVIII.Prisoners in the Cavern of the Dead[209]
XXIX.The Death-Trap[219]
XXX.The Cave Dweller’s Funeral[225]
XXXI.Lost in the Cavern[235]
XXXII.The Tortuous Tramp[248]
XXXIII.Again in the World of Light[256]
XXXIV.Again with Friends[261]
XXXV.A Black Surprise[265]
XXXVI.Cleft by the Earthquake[273]
XXXVII.In the Crater[280]
XXXVIII.Killed in the Crevice[290]
XXXIX.The Field of Diamonds[298]
XL.The Camp of the Onians[303]
XLI.The Slaughter[312]
XLII.Buried Alive[323]
XLIII.Lost[331]
XLIV.Out of the Ashes[339]
XLV.Searching for Bodies[347]
XLVI.We Die Together[358]
XLVII.In the City Again[366]
XLVIII.No Hope of Escape[376]
XLIX.The Day of Resis[385]

THE DAY OF RESIS.

CHAPTER I.
THE STRANGE DOCUMENT.

The following letter and document were the first causes of the long journey, and strange adventure.

“Dear Miss Cameron:—You will probably be much surprised to hear from me in this out-of-the-way place, but knowing the pleasure you take in everything pertaining to Africa, I thought you might be interested in a matter which came before my notice recently.