The Treasure Trail: A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine

The
Treasure Trail

A Romance of the Land of
Gold and Sunshine

MARAH ELLIS RYAN

emblem

Illustrated
By Robert Amick

Publishers Chicago

A. C. McCLURG & CO.

1918

Published November, 1918

Copyrighted in Great Britain

Kalatoka

of the brown tent

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	KIT AND THE GIRL OF THE LARK CALL	1
II	THE RED GOLD LEGEND	15
III	A VERIFIED PROPHECY OF SEÑORITA BILLIE	54
IV	IN THE ADOBE OF PEDRO VIJIL	66
V	AN “ADIOS”––AND AFTER	73
VI	A DEAD MAN UNDER THE COTTONWOODS	90
VII	IN THE PROVINCE OF ALTAR	107
VIII	THE SLAVE TRAIL	124
IX	A MEETING AT YAQUI WELL	133
X	A MEXICAN EAGLET	144
XI	GLOOM OF BILLIE	161
XII	COVERING THE TRAIL	167
XIII	A WOMAN OF EMERALD EYES	186
XIV	THE HAWK OF THE SIERRAS	217
XV	THE “JUDAS” PRAYER AT MESA BLANCA	230
XVI	THE SECRET OF SOLEDAD CHAPEL	256
XVII	THE STORY OF DOÑA JOCASTA	288
XVIII	RAMON ROTIL DECIDES	300
XIX	THE RETURN OF TULA	328
XX	EAGLE AND SERPENT	346
XXI	EACH TO HIS OWN	360

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“I’ll hit any trail with you––barring Mexican politics.”	Frontispiece
“You poor kid, you have a hard time with the disreputables you pick up.”	76
“No, Ramon! No!” she cried, and flung herself between him and his victims.	280
The Indian girl was steadily gaining on the German.	356