BRIGHT-WITS [Illustration] BURREN LOUGHLIN AND L.L. FLOOD PRINCE OF MOGADORE [Illustration] H.M. CALDWELL CO. PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND BOSTON _Copyright, 1909_ BY H.M. CALDWELL CO. _Electrotyped and Printed by THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A._ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. BRIGHT-WITS ARRIVES IN PARRABANG, WHERE HE MEETS THE BEAUTIFUL AZALIA AND BEGINS HIS EXTRAORDINARY TASKS 1 II. THE VILLAINY OF GARROFAT AND DOOLA. THE PRINCE SOLVES THE RIDDLE OF THE RUG, AND FINDS A NEW TASK AWAITING HIM 9 III. BRIGHT-WITS LEARNS THAT HIS MARRIAGE WITH AZALIA DEPENDS ON THREE FOUNTAINS AND THREE GATES IN THE PALACE GROUNDS 16 IV. THE PRINCE SOLVES THE GAME OF ONALBA, AND DIVIDES THE LAND OF ZOLTAN, THE AGA, TO THE DISMAY OF GARROFAT 23 V. BRIGHT-WITS GROWS JEALOUS. ABLANO COUNSELS THE PRINCE TO BE PATIENT 29 VI. BRIGHT-WITS PICKS AN ESCORT FOR A JOURNEY AND FOILS THE WICKED DESIGN OF GARROFAT 35 VII. THE PRINCE RETURNS TO FIND THAT ABLANO THE BRAHMAN HAS MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED 40 VIII. RETURN OF ABLANO. GARROFAT AND DOOLA DECIDE ON DESPERATE MEASURES. THE FINAL TEST 46 IX. THE LAST DECREE OF ONALBA. DOWNFALL OF THE PLOTTERS. BRIGHT-WITS RECEIVES HIS REWARD 54 HOW PRINCE BRIGHT-WITS SOLVED THE PUZZLES 59 THE PUZZLES PRINCE BRIGHT-WITS HAD TO SOLVE PAGE THE RUG 8 THE EIGHT PROVINCES 14 THE THREE FOUNTAINS AND THE THREE GATES 18 THE FIVE SHIELDS 21 THE ZOLTAN'S ORCHARD 25 THE NINE DISKS 30 THE SOLDIERS AND GUARDS 36 THE ENDLESS CHAIN 38 DOOLA'S GAME 42 THE EIGHT PIECES OF MONEY 47 THE SERPENT 52 BRIGHT-WITS PRINCE OF MOGADORE CHAPTER I