Lost in the forbidden land

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Chap. XVI. At Bay 157

Chap. XVII. A Desperate Scheme . . 167 Chap. XVIII. A Dash for Freedom . . 177' Chap. XIX. Alone on the Pampa . .187

Chap. XX. At Last 197

Chap. XXI. A Startling Change of

Fortune 208

Chap. XXII. A Break for Liberty . . 222 Chap. XXIII. The Cul De Sac .... 236

Chap. XXIV. Checked 250

Chap. XXV. Shut In 264

Chap. XXVI. The Blackness of Darkness 277

Chap. XXVII. The Last Recourse ... 291 Chap. XXVIH. ** Alabama Agin!'^ ... 299

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGB

Frontispiece: With a Rasping Screech He Plunged Upward and Backward

**Its Too Latb, We're Going Too Fast*' . 43

The Hastily Built Dam was Shattered to

Atoms 81

Plunged the Point of His Weapon Into

THE Water 287

LOST IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND