Chapter I: Front Matter

The Recipe for Diamonds

NELSON'S LIBRARY

THE RECIPE FOR DIAMONDS

C. J. CUTCLIFFE HYNE

Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, and New York

_UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME_

THE OCTOPUS. _Frank Norris._

WHITE FANG. _Jack London._

THE PRINCESS PASSES. _C. N. & A. M. Williamson._

THE MAN FROM AMERICA. _Mrs. H. de la Pasture._

SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE. _"Q"_

A LAME DOG'S DIARY. _S. Macnaughtan._

FORTUNE OF CHRISTINA M'NAB. _S. Macnaughtan._

THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG. _Sir G. Parker._

THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE. _Sir G. Parker._

INCOMPARABLE BELLAIRS. _A. and E. Castle._

IF YOUTH BUT KNEW! _A. and E. Castle._

JOHN CHARITY. _H. A. Vachell._

HIS GRACE. _W. E. Norris._

MATTHEW AUSTIN. _W. E. Norris._

CLEMENTINA. _A. E. W. Mason._

THE AMERICAN PRISONER. _Eden Phillpotts._

THE HOSTS OF THE LORD. _Mrs. F. A. Steel._

THE LADY OF THE BARGE. _W. W. Jacobs._

THE INTRUSIONS OF PEGGY. _Anthony Hope._

QUISANTE. _Anthony Hope._

THE KING'S MIRROR. _Anthony Hope._

THE GOD IN THE CAR. _Anthony Hope._

No. 5 JOHN STREET. _Richard Whiteing._

THE ODD WOMEN. _George Gissing._

MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM ASHE. _Mrs. Humphry Ward._

ROBERT ELSMERE. _Mrs. Humphry Ward._

HISTORY OF DAVID GRIEVE. _Mrs. Humphry Ward._

_Shortly._

WOODSIDE FARM. _Mrs. W. K. Clifford._

MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE, AND THE BEAUTIFUL LADY. _Booth Tarkington._

THE PIT. _Frank Norris._

AN ADVENTURER OF THE NORTH. _Sir G. Parker._

THE WAGES OF SIN. _Lucas Malet._

_NELSON'S LIBRARY._

Transcriber's Note: In this e-text, characters with macrons are preceded by an equal sign and enclosed in brackets, e.g., [=a]. Characters with breves are preceded by a right parenthesis and enclosed in brackets, e.g., [)a]. Superscripted characters are preceded by a carat, e.g., 2^a.

CONTENTS.

I. BIG GAME 3

II. HALCYONII DIES 15

III. VAGABOND 27

IV. MR. WEEMS AND HIS PURCHASE 46

V. WANTED, A PASSAGE 69

VI. FORE AND AFT SEAMANSHIP 81

VII. A DIPLOMATIC REMOVAL 102

VIII. TWO EVENINGS 115

IX. TALAITI DE TALT 132

X. WITH A THREE-ANGLED HOE 146

XI. THE RED DELF AMPHORA 166

XII. A PROFESSIONAL CONSPIRATOR 182

XIII. AT A MALLORQUIN FONDA 204

XIV. HEREINGEFALLEN 217

XV. CAMARADERIE 226

XVI. CRUELLY INTERRUPTED 240

XVII. VENTRE A TERRE 258

THE RECIPE FOR DIAMONDS.

[_Extracted from the home correspondence of George Slade Methuen, Esq., which was written at his hired place on the Foldenfjord._]