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  THE GILDED MAN




  THE GILDED MAN
  A ROMANCE OF THE ANDES

  BY CLIFFORD SMYTH

  WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
  RICHARD LE GALLIENNE


  [Illustration]


  BONI AND LIVERIGHT
  NEW YORK 1918




  Copyright, 1918
  BY BONI & LIVERIGHT, INC.




  TO
  BEATRIX




CONTENTS


                                   _Page_
           INTRODUCTION                xi
  _Chapter_
        I. IN WHICH COMET GOES LAME     1

       II. IN UNA'S GARDEN             10

      III. A CHAPTER ON GHOSTS         19

       IV. THE GHOST OF THE FORGOTTEN  30

        V. THE SEARCH FOR EL DORADO    41

       VI. EMBOLADORES ON THE MARCH    55

      VII. LA REINA DE LOS INDIOS      71

     VIII. A RIVER INTERLUDE           89

       IX. ON INDIAN TRAILS           105

        X. AN OLD MYSTERY             125

       XI. IN WHICH ANDREW IS FOUND   145

      XII. A DEAD WALL                157

     XIII. MRS. QUAYLE TAKES THE LEAD 170

      XIV. THE BLACK MAGNET           189

       XV. AT THE SIGN OF THE CONDOR  212

      XVI. NARVA                      230

     XVII. A SONG AND ITS SEQUEL      251

    XVIII. SUBTERRANEAN PHOTOGRAPHY