THE WOLF-MEN
Reading edition
A Tale of Amazing Adventure In the Under-world
BY
FRANK POWELL
WITH EIGHT FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED
LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE. MCMVI
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
PROLOGUE 1
CHAPTER I.
AT THE MERCY OF CONSPIRATORS 5
CHAPTER II.
HOW HAVERLY FOILED THE BOAT-STEALERS 12
CHAPTER III.
BEYOND THE GREAT BARRIER 21
CHAPTER IV.
TRAPPED! 32
CHAPTER V.
OVER THE CATARACT’S BRINK 38
CHAPTER VI.
THE LAND OF ETERNAL TWILIGHT 45
CHAPTER VII.
A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY AND ITS SEQUEL 55
CHAPTER VIII.
THE ELK-HUNTERS 61
CHAPTER IX.
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE “SEAL” 69
CHAPTER X.
THE COMING OF THE GREAT FISH-LIZARD 76
CHAPTER XI.
HOW HILTON ESCAPED FROM THE WOLF-MEN 83
CHAPTER XII.
“GEHARI—THE WILY ONE” 91
CHAPTER XIII.
THE FATE OF MERVYN 97
CHAPTER XIV.
“RAHEE THE TERRIBLE!” 105
CHAPTER XV.
FOR A FRIEND’S LIFE 112
CHAPTER XVI.
HOW HAVERLY CHECKED THE STAMPEDE 119
CHAPTER XVII.
A DUEL TO THE DEATH 126
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE SINKING POOL 133
CHAPTER XIX.
THE FIRE GULF 140
CHAPTER XX.
THE LAST OF THE AYUTIS 147
CHAPTER XXI.
“SUNSHINE!” 154
CHAPTER XXII.
THE TERROR OF THE JUNGLE 164
CHAPTER XXIII.
MUSWANI—MONSTER-FIGHTER 173
CHAPTER XXIV.
A GLIMPSE OF THE UPPER WORLD 180
CHAPTER XXV.
SEYMOUR’S FALL 189
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE FASCINATION OF THE PRIEST 195
CHAPTER XXVII.
IN THE VAULTS 202
CHAPTER XXVIII.
IN THE WOLF-MEN’S HAUNTS 207
CHAPTER XXIX.
RAHEE ASSISTS THE FUGITIVES 215
CHAPTER XXX.
THE SCROLL OF NEOMRI 222
CHAPTER XXXI.
“THE ‘SEAL!’” 229
CHAPTER XXXII.
THE DOOM OF NORDHU 236
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE INVENTOR’S STORY 243
CHAPTER XXXIV.
ON THE CREST OF THE TIDAL WAVE 248
CHAPTER XXXV.
INTO THE SUNLIGHT 256
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
“For an instant it hung poised, then thundered downward” Frontispiece
“The next moment the rope parted behind him” To face p. 92
“The brute swung round and leapt again, missing his mark by a bare three inches” 116
“Amid the hideous forms of the Wolf-men the Ayuti towered as a god” 148
“The great saurian, reeling from the impact, lurched over upon his side” 174
“‘See, I have brought their weapons’” 180
“‘Back, you dogs!’ he roared. ‘A step further and your priest dies!’” 216
“Scuttling down to the water’s edge with the giant elk pounding along behind him” 234