KATE MEREDITH, FINANCIER CHAPTER I A WEST COAST WELCOME

They explained in bold, clear tones that they were the chief ju-ju men of all Africa. Page 224.
They explained in bold, clear tones that they
were the chief ju-ju men of all Africa. Page 224.

Kate Meredith
FINANCIER

By

C. J. CUTCLIFFE HYNE

Author of
"Captain Kettle, K.C.S.," "McTodd,"
"The Filibuster," "Adventures of Captain Kettle,"
"The Trials of Commander McTurk."

Illustrated in Water-Colors by FRANK PARKER

Copyright, 1906, by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne

A. HAMBURGER & SONS, INC.,
SPECIAL EDITION,
LOS ANGELES, CAL.

NEW YORK AND LONDON
THE AUTHORS AND NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION
1906

Copyright 1906 by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
Entered at Stationers' Hall
All rights reserved

Composition and Electrotyping by
J. J. Little & Co.
Printed and bound by the
Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. A West Coast Welcome
II. Introduces Miss Laura Slade
III. The King who Stopped the Roads
IV. The Beach by Moonlight
V. Events at Malla-Nulla
VI. The Coming of the Okky-Men
VII. The Invisible Fire
VIII. Presents the Head of the Firm
IX. Navigation of Dog's-Leg Creek
X. Envoys in Council
XI. Again Presents the Head of the Firm
XII. Exhibits Antiseptics
XIII. At the Liverpool End
XIV. Tin Hill: The Journey
XV. Tin Hill: The Mine
XVI. The King's Bounty
XVII. Kate Sends a Cablegram
XVIII. Carter Makes A Purchase
XIX. Senhor Cascaes
XX. Major Meredith
XXI. The Feeling on the Coast
XXII. A Fisherman and his Catch
XXIII. The Song of Speed

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

These explained, in bold, clear tones that they were the chief ju-ju men of all Africa . . . . . . Frontispiece

He fired on and on with deadly speed and accuracy, till the heated barrels of the repeaters burned Laura Slade's hands

Then, as the crocodile jumped once more, he threw up the rifle and shot it under the left foreleg, where the protective plates are absent

She gazed her fill on this very crude presentment of George Carter

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