CHAPTER XXVIII.

IS IT TOO LATE? 269

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

"THE BEAUTIFUL CREATURE ROSE TO THE LEAP" _Frontispiece_

"'GOLD, GOLD! CHEER UP, ALEC; OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE IT'" _To face page_ 5

"HE SEIZED THE NATIVE ROUND HIS SLIM, NAKED BODY" _To face page_ 79

"HE WAS SO OVERCOME ... THAT HE SAT STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE STREAM" _To face page_ 130

"AN ARMED HORSEMAN ... SHOUTED, 'BAIL UP!'" _To face page_ 170

"ALEC KICKED HIS FEET FREE FROM HIS STIRRUPS, AND ... LEAPED ON TO THE OTHER HORSE" _To face page_ 182

"TO SCREEN HIM FROM STARLIGHT'S FIRE HE HAD INTERPOSED HIS OWN BODY" _To face page_ 256

"'YOUR PRICE IS THERE!'" _To face page_ 279

IN QUEST OF GOLD;

OR, UNDER THE WHANGA FALLS.