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Smyth Clifford. The Gilded Man
The Gilded Man
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
I. IN WHICH COMET GOES LAME
II. IN UNA’S GARDEN
III. A CHAPTER ON GHOSTS
IV. THE GHOST OF THE FORGOTTEN
V. THE SEARCH FOR EL DORADO
VI. EMBOLADORES ON THE MARCH
VII. LA REINA DE LOS INDIOS
VIII. A RIVER INTERLUDE
IX. ON INDIAN TRAILS
X. AN OLD MYSTERY
XI. IN WHICH ANDREW IS FOUND
XII. A DEAD WALL
XIII. MRS. QUAYLE TAKES THE LEAD
XIV. THE BLACK MAGNET
XV. AT THE SIGN OF THE CONDOR
XVI. NARVA
XVII. A SONG AND ITS SEQUEL
XVIII. SUBTERRANEAN PHOTOGRAPHY
XIX. A QUEEN’S CONQUEST
XX. LEGEND AND REALITY
XXI. DREAMS
XXII. A PEOPLE’S DESTINY
XXIII. THE GILDED MAN
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“The Brotherhood no longer exists.”
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