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  THE MESSAGE

  Suddenly he sprang upright _Frontispiece_]

  THE MESSAGE

  BY

  LOUIS TRACY

  _Author of "The Wings of the Morning," "The Wheel o' Fortune," "The Captain of the Kansas," etc._

  _ILLUSTRATED BY JOSEPH CUMMINGS CHASE_

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  New York

  Edward J. Clode

  Publisher

  COPYRIGHT, 1908 BY EDWARD J. CLODE

  _Entered at Stationers' Hall_

  _The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. U.S.A._

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER I

  PAGE

  DERELICTS 1

  CHAPTER II

  HOW THE MESSAGE WAS DELIVERED 19

  CHAPTER III

  WHEREIN A STRONG MAN YIELDS TO CIRCUMSTANCES 36

  CHAPTER IV

  FIGUERO MAKES A DISCOVERY 53

  CHAPTER V

  A MAN AND A STORY--BOTH UNEMOTIONAL 71

  CHAPTER VI

  WHEREIN WARDEN SETS A NEW COURSE 90

  CHAPTER VII

  TWO WOMEN 112

  CHAPTER VIII

  SHOWING HOW MANY ROADS LEAD THE SAME WAY 131

  CHAPTER IX

  WARDEN BEGINS HIS ODYSSEY 150

  CHAPTER X

  HASSAN'S TOWER--AND THE COLONIAL OFFICE 172

  CHAPTER XI

  THE BLUE MAN--AND A WHITE 193

  CHAPTER XII

  EVELYN HAS UNEXPECTED VISITORS 215

  CHAPTER XIII

  EVELYN ENTERS THE FRAY 234

  CHAPTER XIV

  THE DRUMS OF OKU 258

  CHAPTER XV

  WHEREIN ONE SURPRISE BEGETS MANY 279

  CHAPTER XVI

  A FIVE MINUTES' FIGHT 300

  CHAPTER XVII

  THE SETTLEMENT 319

  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  Suddenly he sprang upright _Frontispiece_

  PAGE

  The presence of Figuero in Cowes was perplexing 49

  The stealthy menace of those evil eyes was startling 84

  There was no mistaking the malice 183

  He could feel the thrill of terror that shook the moullah 212

  Peter, you are a wonder 238

  There was no doubt in his mind that the end had come 304

  Why did you fail to recognize the girl? 328

  _The Message_