CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I The White Gleam 9

II Sudden Catastrophe 23

III Mysterious Sounds 38

IV Tree Hay and a Jaguar 47

V Narrow Escapes 58

VI Lost in the Jungle 65

VII Peril in the Dark 77

VIII Death Ahead 87

IX “It’s Death an’ Destruction” 100

X Johnny’s Ghost Walks 114

XI Provisioned for a Long Journey 128

XII A Bronze Beauty 135

XIII Purring Shadows 151

XIV Forgotten Tribes 159

XV The Hidden City 169

XVI Pant Sets a Trap 177

XVII The Spanish Girl Reappears 185

XVIII Pant Springs the Trap 191

XIX Capturing a Black Shadow 199

XX Century Old Caverns 209

XXI Trapped 218

XXII Magic Power 228

XXIII The Passing of the Ghost 237

XXIV Blind Drifting 242

XXV The Battle of Rio Hondo 252

THE RED LURE

CHAPTER I
THE WHITE GLEAM

As Johnny Thompson bent over the black watersof the river he thought he heard a stealthy movementbehind him. Before he could decide whetheror not his eyes had deceived him he caught the reflectionof a sudden white gleam on the dark surfaceof the water. At the same time somethingtold him to dive, and dive he did. With the rocket-likespeed that was his, he shot straight into thewater, then away beneath the surface. He rosesome ten yards downstream. After one deep, silentbreath, he grasped a red mangrove branch for support,then paused to listen.

He did not listen long, for there came a suddenwild swirl of

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