Produced by Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net The Recipe for Diamonds NELSON'S LIBRARY [Illustration: Weems stuck up his left arm, and sighted the pistol over his elbow-joint.] THE RECIPE FOR DIAMONDS C. J. CUTCLIFFE HYNE Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, and New York _UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME_ THE OCTOPUS. _Frank Norris._ WHITE FANG. _Jack London._ THE PRINCESS PASSES. _C. N. & A. M. Williamson._ THE MAN FROM AMERICA. _Mrs. H. de la Pasture._ SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE. _"Q"_ A LAME DOG'S DIARY. _S. Macnaughtan._ FORTUNE OF CHRISTINA M'NAB. _S. Macnaughtan._ THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG. _Sir G. Parker._ THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE. _Sir G. Parker._ INCOMPARABLE BELLAIRS. _A. and E. Castle._ IF YOUTH BUT KNEW! _A. and E. Castle._ JOHN CHARITY. _H. A. Vachell._ HIS GRACE. _W. E. Norris._ MATTHEW AUSTIN. _W. E. Norris._ CLEMENTINA. _A. E. W. Mason._ THE AMERICAN PRISONER. _Eden Phillpotts._ THE HOSTS OF THE LORD. _Mrs. F. A. Steel._ THE LADY OF THE BARGE. _W. W. Jacobs._ THE INTRUSIONS OF PEGGY. _Anthony Hope._ QUISANTE. _Anthony Hope._ THE KING'S MIRROR. _Anthony Hope._ THE GOD IN THE CAR. _Anthony Hope._ No. 5 JOHN STREET. _Richard Whiteing._ THE ODD WOMEN. _George Gissing._ MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM ASHE. _Mrs. Humphry Ward._ ROBERT ELSMERE. _Mrs. Humphry Ward._ HISTORY OF DAVID GRIEVE. _Mrs. Humphry Ward._ _Shortly._ WOODSIDE FARM. _Mrs. W. K. Clifford._ MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE, AND THE BEAUTIFUL LADY. _Booth Tarkington._ THE PIT. _Frank Norris._ AN ADVENTURER OF THE NORTH. _Sir G. Parker._ THE WAGES OF SIN. _Lucas Malet._ _NELSON'S LIBRARY._ Transcriber's Note: In this e-text, characters with macrons are preceded by an equal sign and enclosed in brackets, e.g., [=a]. Characters with breves are preceded by a right parenthesis and enclosed in brackets, e.g., [)a]. Superscripted characters are preceded by a carat, e.g., 2^a. CONTENTS. I. BIG GAME 3 II. HALCYONII DIES 15 III. VAGABOND 27 IV. MR. WEEMS AND HIS PURCHASE 46 V. WANTED, A PASSAGE 69 VI. FORE AND AFT SEAMANSHIP 81 VII. A DIPLOMATIC REMOVAL 102 VIII. TWO EVENINGS 115 IX. TALAITI DE TALT 132