BY
MARVIN DANA
Author of
The Woman of Orchids, A Puritan Witch,
Within the Law, etc.
FRONTISPIECE BY
J. ALLEN ST. JOHN
CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1923
Copyright
Marvin Dana
1922-1923
Published September, 1923
Copyrighted in Great Britain
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Prologue | [ 1] | |
| I | Adventurers’ Pact | [ 15] |
| II | The Secretary | [ 28] |
| III | The Assembling | [ 38] |
| IV | Eve of Battle | [ 48] |
| V | The Search Begins | [ 62] |
| VI | The Sixth Sense | [ 79] |
| VII | Haphazard Questing | [ 94] |
| VIII | In the Recess | [ 108] |
| IX | The Gold Song | [ 121] |
| X | In the Wood | [ 131] |
| XI | The Shot | [ 147] |
| XII | The Secret Vault | [ 166] |
| XIII | The Clue | [ 177] |
| XIV | The Episode of the Launch | [ 195] |
| XV | The Chart | [ 203] |
| XVI | The Hold | [ 219] |
| XVII | Masters Again | [ 230] |
| XVIII | Dux Facti Femina | [ 239] |
| XIX | In the Cavern | [ 257] |
| XX | The Events of a Night | [ 268] |
| XXI | The First Pit | [ 288] |
| XXII | The Other Passage | [ 303] |
| XXIII | The Blast | [ 318] |
| XXIV | Entombed | [ 332] |
| XXV | To the Chimney | [ 345] |
| XXVI | In the Dark | [ 359] |