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FOR A MOMENT OR MORE THERE WAS ABSOLUTE STILLNESS IN THAT GRASSY ARENA

AS IT WAS

IN THE

BEGINNING

BY

PHILIP VERRILL MIGHELS

Author of The Furnace of Gold and Thurley Ruxton

New York Desmond FitzGerald, Inc.

Copyright, 1912 By DESMOND FITZGERALD, INC. All Rights Reserved

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. A TRUSTED MESSENGER

II. AN UNEXPECTED OUTBURST

III. A MIDNIGHT TRAGEDY

IV. THE NIGHT AND MORNING

V. THE ISLAND

VI. VARIOUS DISCOVERIES

VII. A GREWSOME GUARDIAN

VIII. PRIMITIVE CONDITIONS

IX. THE MOTHER OF INVENTION

X. THE MASTER POACHER

XI. A MYSTERY

XII. AMBITIOUS PLANS

XIII. A MIDNIGHT VISITOR

XIV. TRUANTS OUT OF SCHOOL

XV. A NIGHT IN THE JUNGLE

XVI. A DEAD MAN'S SECRET

XVII. FEVERISH EMPLOYMENTS HALTED

XVIII. AT THE TIGER'S KILL

XIX. GRENVILLE'S RADIANT STAR

XX. A GIRDLE OF GOLD

XXI. MOLTEN METAL AND HOPES

XXII. A TOMB OF STONE

XXIII. A DESPERATE CHANCE

XXIV. A DREADED VISITOR

XXV. AN IRREPARABLE LOSS

XXVI. AFTER TO-MORROW——

XXVII. A FATEFUL EXPLOSION

XXVIII. WHAT THE BLAST DISCOVERED

XXIX. AN INTERRUPTED DIVERSION

XXX. REVEALING AN INTENT

XXXI. THE SILENT VISITORS

XXXII. DEATH AS A BROTHER

XXXIII. THE GIRL BEHIND THE GUN

XXXIV. DYAK DARTS AND METHODS

XXXV. A BATTLE IN THE SMOKE

XXXVI. THE LAST CUP OF WATER

XXXVII. A BREATHLESS MARGIN

XXXVIII. GRENVILLE'S DESPERATE CHANCE

XXXIX. ADDITIONAL HEAD-HUNTERS

XL. PLOT AND COUNTER PLOT

XLI. A LIVING BAIT

XLII. LONG HOURS OF DOUBT

XLIII. THE HOUR OF CLIMAX

XLIV. A LOTUS BLOSSOM

XLV. THE LAST BOMB

XLVI. A GIFT REFUSED

XLVII. A FRIEND IN NEED

AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING