[Illustration: FRAY FERNANDO AND JOSÉ AT THE HOLE IN THE ROCK. _Page 91._] UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS. A Tale of the New World. _By the Author of “THE CZAR: A TALE OF THE FIRST NAPOLEON.” &c. &c._ “THY KINGDOM COME.” London: T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW. EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK. 1900 CONTENTS. I. FRAY FERNANDO’S MISSION, 9 II. CERRO BLANCO, 14 III. ST. JOSEPH’S TOOTH, 22 IV. VIRACOCHA, 31 V. VIRACOCHA’S FATHERS, 36 VI. VIRACOCHA VISITS HIS BRETHREN, 48 VII. VIRACOCHA COMES BACK, 55 VIII. VINDICATED, 68 IX. THE JOURNEY, 74 X. THE DEAD MEN WHO FOUGHT AGAINST STAIN, 84 XI. ACROSS THE APURIMAC, 90 XII. WHAT THEY DID BEYOND THE MOTHER SEA, 100 XIII. THE DOCTORS, 112 XIV. THE LAST INCA, 118 XV. THE GOLDEN CITY, 124 XVI. A STAR, 134 XVII. IN THE CONVENT PARLOUR, 141 XVIII. AT HOME, 152 XIX. THE STAR SHINES, 160 XX. THE STAR SETS, 165 XXI. OLD ENGLAND, 173 XXII. HIS OWN WAY, 182 XXIII. WHERE IT LED, 192 XXIV. AT THE OAR, 199 XXV. THE FRIEND OF THE POOR, 204 XXVI. THE FRUITS OF THE WEST, 212 XXVII. THE MATADOR, 220 XXVIII. THE KING OF THE EAST, 225 XXIX. AFTER MANY DAYS, 238 XXX. THE MAGIC STONE, 246 XXXI. THE YEARS THAT THE CANKER WORM HATH EATEN, 254 XXXII. WALTER GREY’S ADVICE, 261 XXXIII. THE KING FOUND, 267 XXXIV. THE KING FOLLOWED, 274 XXXV. EASTER-DAY, 281 XXXVI. JOSÉ’S MISTAKE, 286 XXXVII. A DISAPPOINTED MAN, 294 XXXVIII. FRAY FERNANDO’S WORDS, 303