Category: Adventure
Prof. Remington Easy was his name, and now, as he has been introduced, we will turn our attention to his companion--a tall, lanky individual, attired in corduroy knee breeches, heavy top-boots, red flannel shirt, linen coat and a broad-brimmed hat--a typical Yankee, for all th...
But “God helps those who help themselves,” and both Leo Malvern and Dick Vincey were fully aware of this. They made up their minds that they would not be killed or captured unti...
17. CHAPTER XVII. AZURMA AND THE NAZTECS.The animal came directly to her feet and lay down, acting in a very strange manner. His head was covered plentifully with clotted blood, showing the girl that he was suffering f...
2. CHAPTER II. AN ACCEPTED PROPOSITION.Dick had come to the South to spend the fall and winter with his relatives, and his cousin had proposed that the two should make a trip as far as the Everglades.
13. CHAPTER XIII. BALLOTING FOR HUSBANDS.“Yes, Leo,” was the reply; “nothing could save the man and dog from death. Their lifeless bodies are floating in the pool at the foot of the falls by this time.”
1. CHAPTER I. AN ECCENTRIC COUPLE.Prof. Remington Easy was his name, and now, as he has been introduced, we will turn our attention to his companion--a tall, lanky individual, attired in corduroy knee breeches,...
19. CHAPTER XIX. LEO WEDS, AFTER ALL.Elated by the favor with which her new law was received, the queen, whose name, by the way, was Nalie, concluded to make another change, and a big one, at that.
3. CHAPTER III. THE STONE CUBE AND THE OBELISK.But to turn back was strictly out of the question to them, and this, coupled with the fact that they were completely fitted out for such an undertaking, was the secret of their...
7. CHAPTER VII. THE LEGEND OF HEZ.Dick and the Yankee had no sooner sought seclusion behind the bowlder than a man of ragged and unkempt appearance came from the mouth of the passage with a dog at his side.
8. CHAPTER VIII. DICK VINCEY AND THE QUEEN.But he was destined to know what it meant ere long. Martin Haypole had mentioned in a joke that the queen of Hez had fallen in love with the good-looking Dick Vincey, and this w...
20. CHAPTER XX. MANUFACTURING A CANNON.Neither allowed the Naztecs to become aware of what their intentions were after they had once defeated the Hezzians in battle, but trusted to luck to leave them in possession of...
4. CHAPTER IV. WHERE THE STAIRS LED TO.It was evident that he had not yet seen our friends, for, as the balloon, which was now about half collapsed, settled upon the earth, he sprang from the basket and rushed in the...
10. CHAPTER X. IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH.Luckily he was sliding feet foremost, and had it not been for the fact that death stared him in the face, he would almost have imagined that he was coasting down an icy hill wit...
14. CHAPTER XIV. AZURMA SUFFERS THE PENALTY OF HER CRIME.They had been invited to be present at the execution of the murderess, Azurma, and though none of them were bloodthirsty enough to long for such sights, the novelty of the thing...
15. CHAPTER XV. THE NAZTECS AND THEIR PRISONERS.They took him to a cavern where there were a number of strange men already assembled, and where Lacy observed another prisoner lying on the ground, bound hand and foot.
9. CHAPTER IX. THE DEVIL’S KINGDOM.But if our friends did not attempt to assist Philander Owens in catching Reginald Lacy, the men of Hez were not going to allow him to roam about their haunts without first takin...
18. CHAPTER XVIII. WHAT HAPPENED TO DICK AND QUEEN OLIVE.But, instead of being seized and torn to pieces by the horrible picuasus, as he supposed it to be, the animal uttered a low whine, and began licking his face.
16. CHAPTER XVI. DICK AND THE QUEEN IN PERIL.But it was not the light made by burning torches--it looked more, to Dick, as though he was being carried through a street with a plentiful supply of electric lights in it.
11. CHAPTER XI. AZURMA’S SEARCH.“It’s too bad,” said Martin Haypole, consolingly, “but I wouldn’t take on so much, if I was you. You know none of us won’t ever git back ter home, anyway--we have took our oaths...
6. CHAPTER VI. “ESTO PERPETUA.The torch which the girl had possessed was still smoldering upon the floor, and quickly stamping this out, she seized Leo by the arm, and directed the rest to catch hold of him...
22. CHAPTER XXII. FREEDOM AT LAST.Martin Haypole uttered a whoop, and, rushing forward, seized the hands of the two brave, young fellows who had been his companions in their journey through the Everglades to the...
12. CHAPTER XII. AZURMA FINDS LEO.“Brace up!” exclaimed Leo. “Never give up until you are sure that you are lost. It was only a short time ago that I was certain that I was rushing to my death. But I was saved,...
23. CHAPTER XXIII. OUT OF THE EVERGLADES.“Now, then,” observed Dick Vincey, “let us leave the land of mystery forever! We have passed through many strange things while in it, and many enjoyable days, as well. Let us sa...
21. CHAPTER XXI. THE EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.Two years had slipped by since the advent of the party into the land of mystery, and at length the white men left in Hez determined they would endeavor to find their companions...