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                          THE THREE SAPPHIRES

                            BY W. A. FRASER

                     AUTHOR OF "FOOL'S GOLD," ETC.


    ILLUSTRATED BY
    ARTHUR HEMING

    NEW YORK
    GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

    _Copyright, 1918,
    By George H. Doran Company_

    _Copyright, 1918, by Street & Smith Corporation_

    _Printed in the United States of America_


[Illustration: THERE WAS A COUGHING ROAR AND A LEOPARD, TURNED BY THE
SHOT, BOUNDED INTO THE JUNGLE.]




ILLUSTRATIONS


THERE WAS A COUGHING ROAR AND A LEOPARD, TURNED BY THE SHOT, BOUNDED
INTO THE JUNGLE

PUNDIT BAGH SHOT INTO THE AIR A QUIVERING MASS OF GOLD AND BRONZE IN THE
SUNLIGHT

GREAT AS WAS THE ELEPHANT'S STRENGTH, SHE COULD NOT BREAK THE PYTHON'S
DEADLY CLASP

THE GRAY STALLION'S THUNDERING GALLOP ALL BUT DROWNING THE BLASPHEMOUS
REPROACH




THE THREE SAPPHIRES




PART ONE




Chapter I


From where they were on the marble terrace that reached from the palace
to a little lake--the Lake of the Golden Coin--Lord Victor Gilfain and
Captain Swinton could see the intricate maze of Darpore City's lights
down on the plain, six miles away.

Over the feather-topped sal