CONTENTS.
CHAP. PAGE I.--A ROMANCE 1 II.--OMAR'S SLAVE 8 III.--OUTWARD BOUND 18 IV.--A STRANGE PROMISE 25 V.--THE GIANT'S FINGER 31 VI.--THE ROYAL JUJUS 37 VII.--SAMORY'S STRONGHOLD 45 VIII.--THE SECRET OF THE QUEEN 52 IX.--CONDEMNED TO THE TORTURE 59 X.--ZOMARA 65 XI.--THE HUMAN SACRIFICE 72 XII.--IN THE SACRED GROVE 81 XIII.--THE WAY OF THE THOUSAND STEPS 88 XIV.--FOES 96 XV.--A NATURAL GRAVE 102 XVI.--WORDS OF FIRE 111 XVII.--A SALUTE OF BULLETS 122 XVIII.--THE MYSTERIOUS REALM 131 XIX.--THE CITY IN THE CLOUDS 138 XX.--THE GREAT WHITE QUEEN 143 XXI.--A FIGURE IN THE SHADOW 154 XXII.--TO THE UNKNOWN 162 XXIII.--UNDER THE VAMPIRE'S WING 169 XXIV.--THE FLAMING MOUTH 180 XXV.--LIOLA 191 XXVI.--THE FIRST BLOW 201 XXVII.--BY THE NAYA'S ORDERS 208 XXVIII.--THE FIGHT FOR THE EMERALD THRONE 218 XXIX.--A MYSTERY 229 XXX.--TREASURE AND TREASON 242 XXXI.--A SPY'S STARTLING STORY 255 XXXII.--WAR 264 XXXIII.--THE HAREM SLAVE 271 XXXIV.--LIOLA'S DISCOVERY 287 XXXV.--INTO THE MIST 303 CONCLUSION 308