Chapter 1

AN ALMOST MIRACULOUS CONVERSION 349

ILLUSTRATIONS

"THE STERN OF THE FATIMA SUDDENLY WENT DOWN" _Frontispiece_

PAGE "IT HAD BEEN A STORMY NIGHT" 51

"STOP WHERE YOU ARE OR I SHALL ORDER MY MEN TO FIRE!" 92

"SHE SPREAD OUT HER ARMS AND RUSHED UPON HIM" 147

"KNOTT, TAKE THIS VILLAIN AWAY" 201

"CAPTAIN RINGGOLD, I AM DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU" 337

"MY SHOT BROUGHT DOWN ONE OF THE BANDITS" 351

"HE WAS PLACED AT THE RIGHT OF CAPTAIN RINGGOLD" 359

ASIATIC BREEZES