Produced by S. Drawehn and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Montezuma's Castle And Other Weird Tales [Decoration] By C. B. CORY NEW YORK RALPH S. MIGHILL 70 FIFTH AVENUE 1899 [Illustration: OFTEN AT NIGHT HE SPOKE WITH FIERY ELOQUENCE. P. 128.] MONTEZUMA'S CASTLE AND OTHER WEIRD TALES BY CHARLES B. CORY Author of "Dr. Wandermann," "Hunting and Fishing in Florida," etc. NEW YORK RALPH S. MIGHILL 70 FIFTH AVENUE 1899 Copyright, 1899 BY CHARLES B. CORY PRESS OF Rockwell and Churchill BOSTON, U.S.A. TO Charles K. Crane AUTHOR AND TRAVELLER WHOSE NAME RECALLS MANY PLEASANT MEMORIES THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED CONTENTS. PAGE MONTEZUMA'S CASTLE 7 THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP 23 THE TRAGEDY OF THE WHITE TANKS 43 TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT 55 THE STRANGE POWDER OF THE JOU JOU PRIESTS 75 AN AZTEC MUMMY 78 A LESSON IN CHEMISTRY 90 AN INTERESTING GHOST 102 THE MOUND OF ETERNAL SILENCE 116 THE STORY OF A BAD INDIAN 127 A QUEER COINCIDENCE 135 THE STORY OF AN INSANE SAILOR 152 THE ELIXIR OF LIFE 173 THE VOODOO IDOL 194 AN ARIZONA EPISODE 205 ONE TOUCH OF NATURE 218 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE OFTEN AT NIGHT HE SPOKE WITH FIERY ELOQUENCE _Frontispiece._