CHAPTER I,the house of the dream smokeTO THE man who thinks that the United States of America is the milk and honey section of the world, and that New York is the centre of that section, there is no news that could be more distressing than the knowledge that he is as far away from that centre as he can possibly get. Chico IVlorgan made this discovery on the summer evening that he worked out the geographical position of Banjermassin. Broadway was as far to the east as it was to the west, and Chico cursed softly as the home-longing produced by the discovery bit into his soul."Just think," he growled, "we've got the soles of our shoes directly opposite the soles of the shoes worn by the fellows who are tramping up and down the White Way, and what is more, we haven't got the money to get one step nearer home."Chico's statement was the plain truth. New York was on the opposite side of the world, and we were financially incapable of lessening the intervening3Table of Contents CONTENTS; CHAPTER PAGE; I The House of the Dream Smoke 3; II The Wonder Chalice 15; III The White Mias 32; IV A Cross in the Jungle 47 V We Take Another Partner 62; VI The Mouths of Boorsh 74; VII One-Who-Never-Slept 85; VIII The Spotted Panther 98; IX The Poisoned Dart 110; X We See1 the Moon of Blood 124; XI The Great Parong 136; XII A White Claw 148; XIII Nine Heads 159; XIV The Passage in the Cliff 169 XV The Challenge 179; XVI The Great Fight 197; XVII The Prophetess 210; XVIII The Call of the Orang Capello 220; XIX When Templeton Fought Alone 232; XX The Passage of the Glow-worms 250; XXI The Black Curtain 260; XXII How the Panther Came Back 276; XXIII Love Rules the World 284; VllAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Myth