CONTENTS
PART I. — IN THE OLD WORLD.
CHAPTER I — THE MAN FROM AMERICA.
CHAPTER II — A MONARCH IN DESHABILLE.
CHAPTER III — THE HOLDING OF THE DOOR.
CHAPTER IV — THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE.
CHAPTER V — CHILDREN OF BELIAL.
CHAPTER VI — A HOUSE OF STRIFE.
CHAPTER VII — THE NEW WORLD AND THE OLD.
CHAPTER VIII — THE RISING SUN.
CHAPTER IX — LE ROI S'AMUSE.
CHAPTER X — AN ECLIPSE AT VERSAILLES.
CHAPTER XI — THE SUN REAPPEARS.
CHAPTER XII — THE KING RECEIVES.
CHAPTER XIII — THE KING HAS IDEAS.
CHAPTER XIV — THE LAST CARD.
CHAPTER XV — THE MIDNIGHT MISSION.
CHAPTER XVI — "WHEN THE DEVIL DRIVES."
CHAPTER XVII — THE DUNGEON OF PORTILLAC.
CHAPTER XVIII — A NIGHT OF SURPRISES.
CHAPTER XIX — IN THE KING'S CABINET.
CHAPTER XX — THE TWO FRANCOISES.
CHAPTER XXI — THE MAN IN THE CALECHE.
CHAPTER XXII — THE SCAFFOLD OF PORTILLAC.
CHAPTER XXIII — THE FALL OF THE CATINATS.
PART II. — IN THE NEW WORLD.
CHAPTER XXIV — THE START OF THE "GOLDEN ROD."
CHAPTER XXV — A BOAT OF THE DEAD.
CHAPTER XXVI — THE LAST PORT.
CHAPTER XXVII — A DWINDLING ISLAND.
CHAPTER XXVIII — IN THE POOL OF QUEBEC.
CHAPTER XXIX — THE VOICE AT THE PORT-HOLE.
CHAPTER XXX — THE INLAND WATERS.
CHAPTER XXXI — THE HAIRLESS MAN.
CHAPTER XXXII — THE LORD OF SAINTE MARIE.
CHAPTER XXXIII — THE SLAYING OF BROWN MOOSE.
CHAPTER XXXIV — THE MEN OF BLOOD.
CHAPTER XXXV — THE TAPPING OF DEATH.
CHAPTER XXXVI — THE TAKING OF THE STOCKADE.
CHAPTER XXXVII — THE COMING OF THE FRIAR.
CHAPTER XXXVIII — THE DINING HALL OF SAINTE MARIE.
CHAPTER XXXIX — THE TWO SWIMMERS.
CHAPTER XL.
