What need to tell more! Roger and his friends, though almost worn out, made one last effort and captured the very brigantine in which they had sailed from England. They embarked with their treasure, and two days later put in at a creek some hundred miles down the coast, where, with the help of friendly natives, they revictualled the ship as well as possible, placing aboard sufficient fruits and herbs to last them for some weeks. Then came the hour of parting. Tamba stood beside his master, while Teotlili stepped into the canoe alongside. He dared not look back once he had taken his farewell, and there were tears in Roger's eyes at the parting. Five weeks later the brigantine put in at the port of London, her crew looking more like scarecrows than like British sailors. But they had improved in condition during the voyage, thanks to two calls made during their run along the northern coast of South America. But clothes they had none to speak of, and so it was a day before they could venture from the vessel. Then Roger, the acknowledged leader, with Philip beside him, and Peter Tamworth bringing up the rear, and watching over Tamba and the load he carried, made their way to the palace of King Henry. The whole of England rang with the tale of their exploit, and Roger and his comrades met with due honour. But little was said of the jewels and the wealth, for it would have been unwise to rouse the ire of Spain. Still, Roger had done good work for those who had organized the expedition, and they did not forget. Our hero won fame and a knighthood and sufficient wealth to permit of his buying a fine estate in the country and a house in the city of London. And there Tamba went with him; while Philip and Peter, now both men of means and consequence, came often to speak of the old days, of the Spaniards, and of the one-time fairy city of Mexico. Then they would fill their leathern jugs, to which they still clung for the sake of old acquaintance, and would drink in silence to those who were gone, to the gallant souls who had fought beside them, and to those fine natives of Mexico who had struggled under the leadership of Roger the Bold. * * * * * PRINTED AND BOUND IN GREAT BRITAIN _By Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow_ * * * * * BY LT.-COLONEL BRERETON "=F. S. Brereton is a famous hand with adventures of every sort.="--_Morning Post._ =The Armoured-car Scouts=: A Tale of the Campaign in the Caucasus. =On the Road to Bagdad=: A Story of the British Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia. =A Hero of Sedan=: A Tale of the Franco-Prussian War. =On the Field of Waterloo.= =Foes of the Red Cockade=: A Story of the French Revolution. =Roger the Bold=: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico. =With French at the Front=: A Story of the Great European War down to the Battle of the Aisne. =With Joffre at Verdun=: A Story of the Western Front. =Under Foch's Command=: A Tale of the Americans in France.