The Aztec Treasure-House. Thomas A. Janvier

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XX.

       THE PRIEST CAPTAIN'S SUMMONS.

       CHECKING YOUNG'S OUTBREAK

       XXI.

       THE WALLED CITY OF CULHUACAN.

       XXII.

       THE OUTBREAK OF REVOLUTION.

       XXIII.

       A RESCUE.

       XXIV.

       THE AFFAIR AT THE WATER-GATE

       THE LEAP FROM ABOVE THE WATER-GATE

       XXV.

       THE GOLD-MINERS OF HUITZILAN.

       THE TLAHUICOS AND THEIR GUARDS

       XXVI.

       THE GATHERING FOR WAR.

       XXVII.

       AN OFFER OF TERMS.

       XXVIII.

       THE SURRENDER OF A LIFE.

       IN THE GATE-WAY OF THE CITADEL

       XXIX.

       THE ASSAULT IN THE NIGHT.

       THE LAST RALLY

       XXX.

       THE FALL OF THE CITADEL.

       XXXI.

       DEFEAT.

       XXXII.

       EL SABIO'S DEFIANCE.

       EL SABIO'S DEFIANCE

       XXXIII.

       IN THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE.

       XXXIV.

       A MARTYRDOM.

       FRAY ANTONIO'S APPEAL

       XXXV.

       THE TREASURE-CHAMBER.

       XXXVI.

       THE VENGEANCE OF THE GODS.

       YOUNG'S STRUGGLE WITH THE PRIEST CAPTAIN

       XXXVII.

       THROUGH DARKNESS TO LIGHT.

       XXXVIII.

       KING CHALTZANTZIN'S TREASURE.

       EPILOGUE.

       IN THE LIBRARY BEFORE THE OPEN FIRE

PROLOGUE.

       Table of Contents

      "God sends nuts to them who have no teeth:" which ancient Spanish proverb of contrariety comes strongly to mind as I set myself to this writing.

      By nature am I a studious, book-loving man, having a strong liking for quiet and orderliness. Yet in me also is a strain that urges me, even along ways which are both rough and dangerous, to get beyond book-knowledge, and to examine for myself the abstractions of thought and the concretions of men and things out of the consideration

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