By Thomas Allibone Janvier Copyright, 1890, by Harper and Brothers . All rights reserved. TO C. A. J.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE
PROLOGUE.
I. FRAY ANTONIO.
II. THE CACIQUE'S SECRET.
III. THE MONK'S MANUSCRIPT.
IV. MONTEZUMA'S MESSENGER.
V. THE ENGINEER AND THE LOST-FREIGHT MAN.
VI. THE KING'S SYMBOL.
VII. THE FIGHT IN THE CAnON.
VIII. AFTER THE FIGHT.
IX. THE CAVE OF THE DEAD.
X. THE SWINGING STATUE.
XI. THE SUBMERGED CITY.
XII. IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH.
XIII. UP THE CHAC-MOOL STAIR.
XIV. THE HANGING CHAIN.
XV. THE TEMPLE IN THE CLOUDS.
XVI. AT THE BARRED PASS.
XVII. OF OUR COMING INTO THE VALLEY OF AZTLAN.
XVIII. THE STRIKING OF A MATCH.
XIX. THE SEEDS OF REVOLT.
XX. THE PRIEST CAPTAIN'S SUMMONS.
XXI. THE WALLED CITY OF CULHUACAN.
XXII. THE OUTBREAK OF REVOLUTION.
XXIII. A RESCUE.
XXIV. THE AFFAIR AT THE WATER-GATE
XXV. THE GOLD-MINERS OF HUITZILAN.
XXVI. THE GATHERING FOR WAR.
XXVII. AN OFFER OF TERMS.
XXVIII. THE SURRENDER OF A LIFE.
XXIX. THE ASSAULT IN THE NIGHT.
XXX. THE FALL OF THE CITADEL.
XXXI. DEFEAT.
XXXII. EL SABIO'S DEFIANCE.
XXXIII. IN THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE.
XXXIV. A MARTYRDOM.
XXXV. THE TREASURE-CHAMBER.
XXXVI. THE VENGEANCE OF THE GODS.
XXXVII. THROUGH DARKNESS TO LIGHT.
XXXVIII. KING CHALTZANTZIN'S TREASURE.
EPILOGUE.
