CHAPTER I. The Rose in the Mire CHAPTER II. Plain Thomas Jefferson CHAPTER III. At the President's House CHAPTER IV. SeÑorita Alisanda CHAPTER V. Gulf and Barrier CHAPTER VI. The Web of the Plotter CHAPTER VII. Ship and Crew CHAPTER VIII. The Hospitable Blennerhassetts CHAPTER IX. My Indian Tale CHAPTER X. The Father of Waters CHAPTER XI. General Wilkinson CHAPTER XII. Au Revoir CHAPTER XIII. Against the Current CHAPTER XIV. The Lure CHAPTER XV. The Pawnee Peril CHAPTER XVI. The Barrier of Rock CHAPTER XVII. The Grand Peak CHAPTER XVIII. Famine and Frost CHAPTER XIX. Beyond the Barrier CHAPTER XX. A Message to My Lady CHAPTER XXI. Ho for Chihuahua! CHAPTER XXII. Glimpses of Fate CHAPTER XXIII. The House of Vallois CHAPTER XXIV. The Serenade CHAPTER XXV. A Victory CHAPTER XXVI. A Defeat CHAPTER XXVII. Heart To Heart CHAPTER XXVIII. A Spanish Ball CHAPTER XXIX. The Insult CHAPTER XXX. The Duel CHAPTER XXXI. My Cross CHAPTER XXXII. The Message CHAPTER XXXIII. Impressed CHAPTER XXXIV. Shame CHAPTER XXXV. Under the Lash CHAPTER XXXVI. Across the Gulf BY MR. BENNET