Chapter I: Front Matter

BRIGHT-WITS

BURREN LOUGHLIN AND L.L. FLOOD

PRINCE OF MOGADORE

H.M. CALDWELL CO. PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND BOSTON

_Copyright, 1909_ BY H.M. CALDWELL CO.

_Electrotyped and Printed by THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. Simonds & Co.,
Boston, U.S.A._

CONTENTS

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I. BRIGHT-WITS ARRIVES IN PARRABANG,
WHERE HE MEETS THE BEAUTIFUL
AZALIA AND BEGINS HIS EXTRAORDINARY
TASKS 1

II. THE VILLAINY OF GARROFAT AND DOOLA.
THE PRINCE SOLVES THE RIDDLE OF
THE RUG, AND FINDS A NEW TASK
AWAITING HIM 9

III. BRIGHT-WITS LEARNS THAT HIS MARRIAGE
WITH AZALIA DEPENDS ON
THREE FOUNTAINS AND THREE GATES
IN THE PALACE GROUNDS 16

IV. THE PRINCE SOLVES THE GAME OF
ONALBA, AND DIVIDES THE LAND OF
ZOLTAN, THE AGA, TO THE DISMAY
OF GARROFAT 23

V. BRIGHT-WITS GROWS JEALOUS. ABLANO
COUNSELS THE PRINCE TO BE PATIENT 29

VI. BRIGHT-WITS PICKS AN ESCORT FOR A
JOURNEY AND FOILS THE WICKED DESIGN
OF GARROFAT 35

VII. THE PRINCE RETURNS TO FIND THAT ABLANO
THE BRAHMAN HAS MYSTERIOUSLY
DISAPPEARED 40

VIII. RETURN OF ABLANO. GARROFAT AND
DOOLA DECIDE ON DESPERATE MEASURES.
THE FINAL TEST 46

IX. THE LAST DECREE OF ONALBA. DOWNFALL
OF THE PLOTTERS. BRIGHT-WITS
RECEIVES HIS REWARD 54

HOW PRINCE BRIGHT-WITS SOLVED THE
PUZZLES 59

THE PUZZLES PRINCE BRIGHT-WITS HAD TO SOLVE

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THE RUG 8

THE EIGHT PROVINCES 14

THE THREE FOUNTAINS AND THE THREE GATES 18

THE FIVE SHIELDS 21

THE ZOLTAN'S ORCHARD 25

THE NINE DISKS 30

THE SOLDIERS AND GUARDS 36

THE ENDLESS CHAIN 38

DOOLA'S GAME 42

THE EIGHT PIECES OF MONEY 47

THE SERPENT 52

BRIGHT-WITS

PRINCE OF MOGADORE