Chapter I: Front Matter

A HAL KEEN MYSTERY STORY

THE LOST MINE
OF THE AMAZON

By
HUGH LLOYD
Author of
The Copperhead Trail Mystery
The Hermit of Gordon’s Creek
The Doom of Stark House, Etc.

_ILLUSTRATED BY_
BERT SALG

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS : : NEW YORK

Copyright, 1933, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP, Inc.
_All Rights Reserved_

_Printed in the United States of America_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I A Riddle 1
II An Intruder 10
III Pizella, the Inscrutable 16
IV A Deck Chase 24
V A Story of the Past 28
VI A Familiar Follower 36
VII Hunches 41
VIII A Dutch Uncle 48
IX Exit Rene 56
X Safety? 63
XI A Vigil 70
XII For the “Cause” 77
XIII Alone and Waiting 85
XIV Rodriguez Has Company 91
XV A Day and a Night 96
XVI With the Morning 100
XVII A Guest of Savages 106
XVIII Convalescence 112
XIX A Prisoner 118
XX The Passing of Big Boy 126
XXI A Jungle Vision 131
XXII Felice and Hal 137
XXIII Some Talk 144
XXIV Old Marcellus 147
XXV After Dinner 152
XXVI A Familiar Voice 157
XXVII And Then 163
XXVIII He Who Risks Nothing 168
XXIX A Snooping Yankee 175
XXX Pale Death 180
XXXI A Decision 186
XXXII The Coronel Goncalves 190
XXXIII Renan! 197
XXXIV A Fear 202
XXXV A Phantom of Hope 206
XXXVI Adios! 210

THE LOST MINE
OF THE AMAZON