e First Cloud 112

Chapter XIX.
His Excellency 116

Chapter XX.
The Procession 125

Chapter XXI.
Dona Consolacion 129

Chapter XXII.
Might and Right 137

Chapter XXIII.
Two Visitors 145

Chapter XXIV.
Episode in Espadana's Life 148

Chapter XXV.
Schemes 161

Chapter XXVI.
The Persecuted 165

Chapter XXVII.
The Cock Fight 172

Chapter XXVIII.
The Two Senoras 181

Chapter XXIX.
The Enigma 188

Chapter XXX.
The Voice of the Persecuted 191

Chapter XXXI.
Elias's Family 200

Chapter XXXII.
Changes 207

Chapter XXXIII.
Playing Cards with the Shades 211

Chapter XXXIV.
The Discovery 217

Chapter XXXV.
The Catastrophe 223

Chapter XXXVI.
What People Say and Think 229

Chapter XXXVII.
Vae Victis! 235

Chapter XXXVIII.
The Accursed 244

Chapter XXXIX.
Maria Clara is Married 248

Chapter XL.
The Pursuit on the Lake 259

Chapter XLI.
Father Damaso Explains 267

Epilogue 271

JOSE RIZAL.

Dr. Jose Rizal, of whose "Noli Me Tangere," the following story, is
an abridgement, is the most striking character to be found in the
history of the Philippine Islands. He was not only a great martyr
to the cause of liberty, and to the advancement of his fellow men,
but he was without doubt the greatest Filipino ever born, and his
memory is cherished to-day by his people as we ourselves cherish the
memory of Washington.

Rizal was born on June 19th, 1861, in the pueblo of Calamba, in the
province of Laguna, on the Island of Luzon. He came of a Tagalog
family, which, it is said, acknowledged a slight mixture of Chinese
blood, and possessed considerable property. As a child he gav