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      Produced by Giovanni Fini, David Garcia, D Alexander andthe Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttps://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from imagesgenerously made available by The Internet Archive)

      THE MESSAGE

      Suddenly he sprang upright _Frontispiece_]

      THE MESSAGE

      BY

      LOUIS TRACY

      _Author of "The Wings of the Morning," "The Wheel o' Fortune," "The Captain of the Kansas," etc._

      _ILLUSTRATED BY JOSEPH CUMMINGS CHASE_

      LOGO]

      New York

      Edward J. Clode

      Publisher

      COPYRIGHT, 1908 BY EDWARD J. CLODE

      _Entered at Stationers' Hall_

      _The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. U.S.A._

      CONTENTS

      CHAPTER I

      PAGE

      DERELICTS 1

      CHAPTER II

      HOW THE MESSAGE WAS DELIVERED 19

      CHAPTER III

      WHEREIN A STRONG MAN YIELDS TO CIRCUMSTANCES 36

      CHAPTER IV

      FIGUERO MAKES A DISCOVERY 53

      CHAPTER V

      A MAN AND A STORY--BOTH UNEMOTIONAL 71

      CHAPTER VI

      WHEREIN WARDEN SETS A NEW COURSE 90

      CHAPTER VII

      TWO WOMEN 112

      CHAPTER VIII

      SHOWING HOW MANY ROADS LEAD THE SAME WAY 131

      CHAPTER IX

      WARDEN BEGINS HIS ODYSSEY 150

      CHAPTER X

      HASSAN'S TOWER--AND THE COLONIAL OFFICE 172

      CHAPTER XI

      THE BLUE MAN--AND A WHITE 193

      CHAPTER XII

      EVELYN HAS UNEXPECTED VISITORS 215

      CHAPTER XIII

      EVELYN ENTERS THE FRAY 234

      CHAPTER XIV

      THE DRUMS OF OKU 258

      CHAPTER XV

      WHEREIN ONE SURPRISE BEGETS MANY 279

      CHAPTER XVI

      A FIVE MINUTES' FIGHT 300

      CHAPTER XVII

      THE SETTLEMENT 319

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      Suddenly he sprang upright _Frontispiece_

      PAGE

      The presence of Figuero in Cowes was perplexing 49

      The stealthy menace of those evil eyes was startling 84

      There was no mistaking the malice 183

      He could feel the thrill of terror that shook the moullah 212

      Peter, you are a wonder 238

      There was no doubt in his mind that the end had come 304

      Why did you fail to recognize the girl? 328

      _The Message_

     


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