The King of Arcadia. Lynde Francis

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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Table of Contents

       I

       THE CRYPTOGRAM

       II

       THE TRIPPERS

       III

       THE REVERIE OF A BACHELOR

       IV

       ARCADY

       V

       "FIRE IN THE ROCK!"

       VI

       ELBOW CANYON

       VII

       THE POLO PLAYERS

       "Señor Ballar', I have biffo' to-day killed a man for that he spik to me like-a-that!"

       VIII

       CASTLE 'CADIA

       IX

       THE BRINK OF HAZARD

       X

       HOSKINS'S GHOST

       XI

       GUN PLAY

       XII

       THE RUSTLERS

       XIII

       THE LAW AND THE LADY

       XIV

       THE MAXIM

       XV

       HOSPES ET HOSTIS

       The muscles of his face were twitching, and he was breathing hard, like a spent runner.

       XVI

       THE RETURN OF THE OMEN

       XVII

       THE DERRICK FUMBLES

       XVIII

       THE INDICTMENT

       "There is my notion—and a striking example of Mexican fair play."

       XIX

       IN THE LABORATORY

       XX

       THE GEOLOGIST

       XXI

       MR. PELHAM'S GAME-BAG

       XXII

       A CRY IN THE NIGHT

       XXIII

       DEEP UNTO DEEP

       The End

I

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THE CRYPTOGRAM

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      The strenuous rush of the day of suddenly changed plans was over, and with Gardiner, the assistant professor of geology, to bid him God-speed, Ballard had got as far as the track platform gates of the Boston & Albany Station when Lassley's telegram, like a detaining hand stretched forth out of the invisible, brought him to a stand.

      He read it, with a little