. Nicholas, as a naval base, to a certain
European power which is seeking to regain its lost prestige.

"It was a pretty plot, and your investigations, my boy, will help to
bring the criminals to judgment.

"Also, I think, Mr. Cecil will release you from your promise not to tell
the secret, and you can write your story to the press. It will be a
scoop! Only----" he smiled--"don't say too much about the crimes of the
arch-conspirator, Guy Cecil!"

"Then he's not a conspirator, at all!" cried Stuart, half-sorry and
half-glad.

"Rather, an ally," his father answered, "an ally with me, just as his
government is in alliance with our government, an alliance among the
English-speaking peoples to keep the peace of the world."

THE END

[Transcriber's Note: Several typographical errors in the original
edition have been corrected. The following sentences are as they
originally appeared, with corrections noted in brackets.]

Chapter I

"But, it is you, Yes!" he cried, using the Haitian idom [idiom]
with its perpetual recurrence of "Yes" and "No," and went on, "and
where is Monsieur your father?"

Chapter II

To the Cafe [Cafe] de l'Opera. Go down the street and keep a few
steps in front."

Manuel turned into the Cafe [Cafe] de l'Opera, a tumble-down frame
shack with a corrugated iron roof, to order a cooling drink and to
puzzle out this utterly baffling mystery.

The Cacos may be described as Haitian patriots or revolutionists,
devotees of serpent and voodoo worship, loosely organized into a
secret guerille [guerilla] army.

Chapter V

["]A privateer on the Caribbean and the Spanish Main, in those
days, was a man who had sufficient money or sufficient reputation
to secure a ship and a crew with which to wage war against the
enemies of his country.

Chapter VI

["]What happens? I can tell you what happens in this province of
Oriente.

Chapter VII

It had not occured [occurred] to him that the consular official
would not be as excited as himself. He spluttered exclamations.

Chapter VIII

The greater part of the island seemed, to the boy, uttterly
[utterly] unlike any place he had seen in the tropics.

Chapter IX

Spech [Speech] again became impossible.

Chapter X

There are many more little houses and thatched huts tucked in