CURSED BE THE TREASURE BY H. B. DRAKE NEW YORK MACY-MASIUS: PUBLISHERS 1928 COPYRIGHT IN 1928 AND MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY MACY-MASIUS, INC. AT THE PRESS OF J. J. LITTLE AND IVES CO. _To My Son, Terence Theodore_ CONTENTS PART I MY FATHER I. THE TAPPING AT THE WINDOW II. BITE-IN-THE-DARK III. THE DOLPHIN INN IV. EBB-TIDE CAVE V. THE CLOSED GATE VI. THE KING'S MAN VII. THE MANUSCRIPT VIII. PICARDINO IX. SUNSET TOWERS X. MY FATHER TELLS A STORY XI. THE GHOST PART II CAPTAIN FIELD XII. THE WAY OF A FRIEND XIII. TRAPPED XIV. THE NEW TENANT XV. JENNY XVI. ABOU XVII. THE SIGN XVIII. OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN XIX. INTO THE FIRE XX. AT THE DAWN OF A SUMMER'S DAY XXI. ALL ON THE FIRST OF MAY XXII. WORTHING ASKS QUESTIONS PART III DIRK STORMAWAY XXIII. DIRK TAKES ME IN HAND XXIV. THOMAS GARTH PLAYDEN XXV. JENNY SENDS A MESSAGE XXVI. A STORY UNDER THE STARS XXVII. A NIGHT AND A DAY XXVIII. A REVELATION XXIX. ALONE XXX. DRIFT-WOOD CAVERN XXXI. EXPIATION XXXII. INTO THE MORNING CURSED BE THE TREASURE PART I MY FATHER CHAPTER I THE TAPPING AT THE WINDOW