Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE WEB OF THE GOLDEN SPIDER

by

FREDERICK ORIN BARTLETT

Author of "Joan of the Alley," etc.

Illustrated by Harrison Fisher and Charles M. Relyea

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New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers

Copyright, 1909 by Small, Maynard & Company (Incorporated)

Entered at Stationers' Hall

The University Press, Cambridge, U.S.A.

TO
MY WIFE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I THE CLOSED DOOR OPENS 1
II CHANCE PROVIDES 13
III A STRANGER ARRIVES 28
IV THE GOLDEN GOD SPEAKS 40
V IN THE DARK 53
VI BLIND MAN'S BUFF 63
VII THE GAME CONTINUES 75
VIII OF GOLD AND JEWELS LONG HIDDEN 89
IX A STERN CHASE 100
X STRANGE FISHING 113
XI WHAT WAS CAUGHT 124
XII OF LOVE AND QUEENS 136
XIII OF POWDER AND BULLETS 149
XIV IN THE SHADOW OF THE ANDES 164
XV GOOD NEWS AND BAD 172
XVI THE PRIEST TAKES A HAND 185
XVII 'TWIXT CUP AND LIP 200
XVIII BLIND ALLEYS 214
XIX THE SPIDER AND THE FLY 225
XX IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF QUESADA 237
XXI THE HIDDEN CAVE 253
XXII THE TASTE OF ROPE 265
XXIII THE SPIDER SNAPS 274
XXIV THOSE IN THE HUT 286
XXV WHAT THE STARS SAW 296
XXVI A LUCKY BAD SHOT 308
XXVII DANGEROUS SHADOWS 320
XXVIII A DASH FOR PORT 330
XXIX THE OPEN DOOR CLOSES 341

ILLUSTRATIONS

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With pretty art and a woman's instinctive
desire to please, she had placed the candle on
a chair and assumed something of a pose. _Frontispiece_

"For the love of God, do not rouse her. She
sees! She sees!" 46

Minute after minute, Stubbs stared at this
sight in silence. 278

Sorez stared straight ahead of him in a frenzy.
Then the shadow sprang, throwing his arms about
the tall figure. 304

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