CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. TWO GENERATIONS
CHAPTER II. OVER THE OLD GROUND
CHAPTER III. A FAREWELL
CHAPTER IV. A TRAGEDY
CHAPTER V. WITH EDGED TOOLS
CHAPTER VI. UNDER THE LINE
CHAPTER VII. THE SECRET OF THE SIMIACINE
CHAPTER VIII. A RECRUIT
CHAPTER IX. TO PASS THE TIME
CHAPTER X. LOANGO
CHAPTER XI. A COMPACT
CHAPTER XII. A MEETING
CHAPTER XIII. IN BLACK AND WHITE
CHAPTER XIV. PANIC-STRICKEN
CHAPTER XV. A CONFIDENCE
CHAPTER XVI. WAR
CHAPTER XVII. UNDERHAND
CHAPTER XVIII. A REQUEST
CHAPTER XIX. IVORY
CHAPTER XX. BROUGHT TO THE SCRATCH
CHAPTER XXI. THE FIRST CONSIGNMENT
CHAPTER XXII. THE SECOND CONSIGNMENT
CHAPTER XXIII. MERCURY
CHAPTER XXIV. NEMESIS
CHAPTER XXV. TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXVI. IN PERIL
CHAPTER XXVII. OFF DUTY
CHAPTER XXVIII. A SLOW RECOVERY
CHAPTER XXIX. A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER XXX. OLD BIRDS
CHAPTER XXXI. SEED-TIME
CHAPTER XXXII. AN ENVOY
CHAPTER XXXIII. DARK DEALING
CHAPTER XXXIV. AMONG THORNS
CHAPTER XXXV. ENGAGED
CHAPTER XXXVI. NO COMPROMISE
CHAPTER XXXVII. FOUL PLAY
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE ACCURSED CAMP
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE
CHAPTER XL. SIR JOHN'S LAST CARD
CHAPTER XLI. A TROIS
CHAPTER XLII. A STRONG FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER XLIII. A LONG DEBT
CHAPTER XLIV. MADE UP
CHAPTER XLV. THE TELEGRAM