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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["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.