Contents
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | [THE TWO CHUMS] | 9 |
| II. | ["MEETING THE CASE"] | 18 |
| III. | [FAREWELL] | 25 |
| IV. | ["REGARDLESS OF THE RISK"] | 30 |
| V. | [IN THE DITCH—AND OUT] | 41 |
| VI. | [VAN DER WYCK'S GIFT] | 49 |
| VII. | [DETAINED AT CAPE TOWN] | 54 |
| VIII. | [HELD UP] | 59 |
| IX. | [ROBBERY UNDER ARMS] | 66 |
| X. | [THE MOUNTAIN TRACK] | 71 |
| XI. | [AT THE EDGE OF THE CHASM] | 80 |
| XII. | [BESET BY LIONS] | 86 |
| XIII. | [THE MORNING AFTER] | 94 |
| XIV. | [BY VIRTUE OF THE TALISMAN] | 99 |
| XV. | [AT KILEMBONGA] | 106 |
| XVI. | [SIBENGA'S ENVOYS] | 112 |
| XVII. | [THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS] | 121 |
| XVIII. | [THE AMBUSH] | 130 |
| XIX. | [HOTLY PURSUED] | 138 |
| XX. | [NIPPED IN THE BUD] | 144[ |
| XXI. | [THE OTHER VAN DER WYCK] | 153 |
| XXII. | [PALAVER] | 160 |
| XXIII. | [THE BULL ELEPHANT] | 167 |
| XXIV. | [A LUCKY SHOT] | 175 |
| XXV. | [MISSING] | 182 |
| XXVI. | [A DOUBTFUL CLUE] | 188 |
| XXVII. | [THE RAVING OF THE WITCH-DOCTOR] | 195 |
| XXVIII. | [KIDNAPPED] | 206 |
| XXIX. | [IN THE HANDS OF THE MAKOH'LENGA] | 212 |
| XXX. | [TO WHAT END] | 221 |
| XXXI. | [THE GOLDEN IMAGE] | 229 |
| XXXII. | [AT THE FATAL MOMENT] | 238 |
| XXXIII. | [WHERE THE GOLD WENT] | 244 |
| XXXIV. | [EXPLANATIONS AND SURPRISES] | 248 |
| Illustrations | |
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| Facing page | |
| ["SUDDENLY DESMOND FELL WITH A LOUD THUD"] | Frontispiece |
| ["HE FIRED TWO SHOTS IN QUICK SUCCESSION"] | 42 |
| ["HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN THE TRAILING TENDRIL AND HE CRASHED HEAVILY"] | 174 |
| ["WE'VE DONE IT, BY JOVE!'"] | 230 |
SINCLAIR'S LUCK
CHAPTER I
THE TWO CHUMS
"My last term, Tiny, old son," announced Sinclair dismally.