FOR
ISOBEL MY WIFE
AND
OUR DAUGHTER ISOBEL
"Feel my pulse now, before you go," the pseudo-doctor's patient commanded.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | [A Tropical Discussion] | 1 |
| II. | ["Dutch Courage"] | 11 |
| III. | [El Farish] | 18 |
| IV. | [The Masque of Death] | 28 |
| V. | [Afloat and Ashore] | 38 |
| VI. | [Hobson's Choice] | 51 |
| VII. | [The White Blackbird] | 64 |
| VIII. | [Unmasked] | 80 |
| IX. | [An Overdraft on the Future] | 91 |
| X. | [The Goddess of Chance] | 107 |
| XI. | [A Fool and his Fortune] | 119 |
| XII. | [The Price of Freedom] | 130 |
| XIII. | [A Masterstroke] | 143 |
| XIV. | ["Sallie Harris"] | 156 |
| XV. | [The Law—and the Profits] | 169 |
| XVI. | ["Pleasures and Palaces"] | 184 |
| XVII. | [The Man in Possession] | 195 |
| XVIII. | [The Loser] | 205 |
| XIX. | [The Winner] | 217 |
| XX. | [Beggar-My-Neighbour] | 232 |
| XXI. | [The Jura Succession] | 243 |
| XXII. | [The Party of the First Part] | 259 |
| XXIII. | [A New Idea] | 271 |
| XXIV. | [By Right of Purchase] | 280 |
| XXV. | [The White Lady] | 295 |
| XXVI. | [A Matter of Life and Death] | 306 |
| XXVII. | [Debit and Credit] | 320 |
| XXVIII. | [Ishmael's Heritage] | 332 |
| XXIX. | [Pride's Price] | 342 |
| XXX. | [The Tenth Earl] | 350 |
| XXXI. | ["At the End of the Passage"] | 358 |