DAUGHTER OF THE SUN A Tale of Adventure by JACKSON GREGORY (Quién Sabe) Author of Timber Wolf, The Everlasting Whisper, Desert Valley, Etc. [Frontispiece: Zoraida Castelmar, daughter of the Montezumas] Grosset & Dunlap Publishers -------- New York Copyright, 1921, by Charles Scribner's Sons Copyright as "The Treasure of the Hills," 1920, 1921, by Street & Smith TO ZINGARA CONTENTS CHAPTER I. IN WHICH A YOUNG AMERICAN KNOWN AS "HEADLONG" PLAYS AT DICE WITH ONE IN MAN'S CLOTHING WHO IS NOT A MAN II. IN WHICH A SPELL IS WORKED AND AN EXPEDITION IS BEGUN III. OF THE NEW MOON, A TALE OF AZTEC TREASURE AND A MYSTERY IV. INDICATING THAT THAT WHICH APPEARS THE EARTHLY PARADISE MAY PROVE QUITE ANOTHER SORT OF PLACE V. HOW ONE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO TAKING ANOTHER MAN'S ORDERS RECEIVES THE COMMAND OF THE QUEEN LADY VI. CONCERNING THAT WHICH LAY IN THE EYES OF ZORAIDA VII. OF A GIRL HELD FOR RANSOM AND OF A TOAST DRUNK BY ONE INFATUATED VIII. HOW A MAN MAY CARRY A MESSAGE AND NOT KNOW HIMSELF TO BE A MESSENGER IX. WHICH BEGINS WITH A LITTLE SONG AND ENDS WITH TROUBLE BETWEEN FRIENDS X. IN WHICH A MAN KEEPS HIS WORD AND ZORAIDA DARES AND LAUGHS XI. IN WHICH THERE IS MORE THAN ONE LIE TOLD AND THE TRUTH IS GLIMPSED XII. IN WHICH AN OVERTURE IS MADE, AN ANSWER IS POSTPONED AND A DOOR IS LOCKED XIII. CONCERNING WOMAN'S WILES AND WITCHERY XIV. CONCERNING A DIFFICULT SITUATION, RECKLESSLY INVITED XV. OF THE ANCIENT GARDENS OF THE GOLDEN TEZCUCAN XVI. HOW TWO, IN THE LABYRINTH OF MIRRORS, WATCHED DISTANT HAPPENINGS XVII. HOW ONE WHO HAS EVER COMMANDED MUST LEARN TO OBEY XVIII. OF FLIGHT, PURSUIT AND A LAIR IN THE CLIFFS XIX. HOW ONE WHO HIDES AND WATCHES MAY BE WATCHED BY ONE HIDDEN XX. IN WHICH A ROCK MOVES, A DISCOVERY IS MADE AND MORE THAN ONE AVENUE IS OPENED XXI. HOW ONE RETURNS UNWILLINGLY WHITHER HE WOULD WILLINGLY ENTER BY ANOTHER DOOR XXII. REGARDING A NECKLACE OF PEARLS AND CERTAIN PLANS OF TWO WHO WERE MEANT TO BE ONE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN CHAPTER I IN WHICH A YOUNG AMERICAN KNOWN AS "HEADLONG" PLAYS AT DICE WITH ONE IN MAN'S CLOTHING WHO IS NOT A MAN Jim Kendric had arrived and the border town knew it well. All who knew the man foresaw that he would come with a rush, tarry briefly for a bit of wild joy and leave with a rush for the Lord knew where and the Lord knew why. For such was ever the way of Jim Kendric. A letter at the postoffice had been the means of advising the entire community of the coming of Kendric. The letter was from Bruce West, down in Lower California, and scrawled across the flap were instructions to the postmaster to hold it for Jim Kendric who would arrive within a couple of weeks. Furthermore the word URGENT was not to be overlooked.