TO
G. RALPH HALL-CAINE
WHOSE SYMPATHY WITH MY WORK HAS NEVER
FAILED TO CHEER ME THROUGHOUT
OUR LONG AND VALUED
FRIENDSHIP

CONTENTS

CHAP.
I [Unrepentant]
II [In Chastened Mood]
III [Gordon Arrives]
IV [Gordon Lands at Snake's Fall]
V [A Letter Home]
VI [Gordon Prospects Snake's Fall]
VII ["Miss Hazel"]
VIII [At Buffalo Point]
IX [The First Check]
X [Gordon Makes His Bid for Fortune]
XI [Hazel Mallinsbee's Campaign]
XII [Thinking Hard]
XIII [Slosson Snatches at Opportunity]
XIV [The Reward of Victory]
XV [In Council]
XVI [Something Doing]
XVII [The Code Book]
XVIII [Ways that are Dark]
XIX [James Carbhoy Arrives]
XX [The Boom in Earnest]
XXI [A Trifle]
XXII [On the Trail]
XXIII [In New York]
XXIV [Preparing for the Finale]
XXV [The Rescue]
XXVI [Cashing In]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ With eyes wide and staring she looked about her . . . Frontispiece ]

[ Hazel was waiting for that sign ]

[ He drew her gently towards his father ]

CHAPTER I

UNREPENTANT