Chapter I: Front Matter

THE DAY OF RESIS.

BY
LILLIAN FRANCES MENTOR.

ILLUSTRATED BY
HARRY L. V. PARKHURST.

NEW YORK:
COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY
_G. W. Dillingham Co., Publishers_.

MDCCCXCVII.

[_All rights reserved._]

CONTENTS.

Chapter Page
I. The Strange Document 7
II. Into the Heart of Africa 17
III. In the Cavern 27
IV. Death Faces Them 35
V. The City of “On” 43
VI. The Banquet 50
VII. The Law of the Land of On 59
VIII. The Royal Hunt 73
IX. The Gold Mine and Cave of Ice 81
X. The Journey to the Lake 89
XI. The Fight of the Sea Monsters 94
XII. The Night of Prayer 101
XIII. The Accusation 107
XIV. The Storm 114
XV. In the Track of the Storm 121
XVI. Enola Found 129
XVII. “She is Mad.” 134
XVIII. Onrai Visits the Priest 139
XIX. Onrai Confesses his Love 148
XX. The Agony of Onrai 156
XXI. In Peril 162
XXII. “They must Die” 168
XXIII. A Message from the Priest 179
XXIV. The Crisis Past 185
XXV. “He will Marry You” 189
XXVI. A Strange Discovery 195
XXVII. In the Hole 201
XXVIII. Prisoners in the Cavern of the Dead 209
XXIX. The Death-Trap 219
XXX. The Cave Dweller’s Funeral 225
XXXI. Lost in the Cavern 235
XXXII. The Tortuous Tramp 248
XXXIII. Again in the World of Light 256
XXXIV. Again with Friends 261
XXXV. A Black Surprise 265
XXXVI. Cleft by the Earthquake 273
XXXVII. In the Crater 280
XXXVIII. Killed in the Crevice 290
XXXIX. The Field of Diamonds 298
XL. The Camp of the Onians 303
XLI. The Slaughter 312
XLII. Buried Alive 323
XLIII. Lost 331
XLIV. Out of the Ashes 339
XLV. Searching for Bodies 347
XLVI. We Die Together 358
XLVII. In the City Again 366
XLVIII. No Hope of Escape 376
XLIX. The Day of Resis 385

THE DAY OF RESIS.