Produced by David Garcia, Odessa Paige Turner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) Transcriber's Note: Inconsistencies in the hyphenation and variations in spelling have been retained as in the original. WINGS OF THE WIND BY CREDO HARRIS _Author of_ "TOBY," "SUNLIGHT PATCH," "WHERE THE SOULS OF MEN ARE CALLING," ETC. BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1920 BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) TO S. THRUSTON BALLARD WITH WHOM THE AUTHOR HAS SHARED MANY A PLEASANT CAMP-FIRE THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. "TO ADVENTURE AND ROMANCE!" 9 II. THE MYSTERIOUS MONSIEUR 16 III. THE GIRL IN THE CAFE 29 IV. NIRVANA 43 V. "TO THE VERY END!" 54 VI. A VOICE FROM THE WATER 70 VII. A BOMB AND A DISCOVERY 80 VIII. THE CHASE BEGINS 94 IX. A SHOT FROM THE DARK 104 X. A SILENT ENEMY 117 XI. A STRANGE FIND 129 XII. THE HURRICANE 140 XIII. ON TO DEATH RIVER! 153 XIV. SMILAX BRINGS NEWS 161 XV. EFAW KOTEE'S DEN 174 XVI. THE CAVE MAN SETS FORTH 190 XVII. THE RESCUE 202 XVIII. DOLORIA 212 XIX. ENLIGHTENING A PRINCESS 228 XX. SLEEPING BENEATH GOD'S TENT 238 XXI. PLANTING A MEMORY 249 XXII. I LOVE YOU 266 XXIII. THE ATTACK 275 XXIV. GERMAN CRUELTY 289 XXV. A FLYING THRONE 304 XXVI. A TREASURE BOX 319 XXVII. THE FINAL HOCUS-POCUS 330 WINGS OF THE WIND CHAPTER I "TO ADVENTURE AND ROMANCE!" At last out of khaki, and dressed in conventional evening clothes, I felt as if I were indeed writing the first words of another story on the unmarred page of the incoming year. As I entered the library my mother, forgetting that it was I who owed her deference, came forward with outstretched arms and a sound in her voice like that of doves at nesting time. Dad's welcome was heartier, even though his eyes were dimmed with happy tears. And old Bilkins, our solemn, irreproachable butler, grinned benignly as he stood waiting to announce dinner. What a wealth of affection I had to be grateful for!