uarter
of an Hour--Eggs and Peasant Women--"Sweets to the Sweet"--A
Mysterious Stranger Disappears Among the Tombs. 123

CHAPTER XIII.

A Starry Talk--Contrast Between Mac's Philosophy and His Errand--A
Financial Trip Through Germany--From Leipsic Fair
to London--Return Loaded with Thalers. 132

CHAPTER XIV.

A Drive to Hampton Court--Send $10,000 Police Tribute to New
York--Discussing the Bank of England in the Throne Room
at Windsor Castle--Believe It to Be a Fossil Institution--Greene,
the Tailor--Introduces Me to Bank--No References
Required--Joy That Ends in Sorrow. 142

CHAPTER XV.

Voyage to Rio Janeiro--The Lady of the Lucitania--A Swedish
Colonel's Party of English Engineers--A Bibulous Chaplain--Modern
Buccaneers--Scenes at Bordeaux--Crossing the Line--Father
Neptune's Visit--Fun at Sea--Arrival in Rio--Maua &
Co.--Our Plans. 154

CHAPTER XVI.

Fifty Thousand Dollars on Bogus Letters of Credit--Visit to a
Coffee Plantation--Slaves Dining--Dangerous Errors in Letters
of Credit--A Nervous Day--An Eagle-Eyed Hebrew--"Show
Me Your Letter of Credit"--Mac in a Corner--A Bold Coup--Strategy--Can
We Get Out of Brazil? 160

CHAPTER XVII.

Brazilian Law--Visit Police Headquarters--A Douceur to the Chief--In
a Tight Spot--A "Doctored" Passport--A Detective on
Trail. Who Ingratiates Himself into Mac's Confidence--Manoeuvres--The
Detective on a "Wild Goose Chase"--Safely on
Board--A Distinguished Party in a Rowboat--A Stern Chase--Off
at Last. 173

CHAPTER XVIII.

Rio to Buenos Ayres--Return and Meet Mac in Paris--Determine
to Abandon a Dangerous Business--Vienna--Watching the
Game--Must Have More Money--Good Resolutions Vanish--Return
to London--Determine to Assault the Bank of England--Deposit
$67,000. 186

CHAPTER XIX.

Bank of England Requires No References--Letter from Paris--A
Gilded American Young Man--Duped into Marriage with a
Parisienne Moendaine--A Ghost at Monte Carlo--In a Greenwood
Mausoleum--Earthly Happiness and the World to
Come. 193

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