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THE GOLDEN SKULL
A RICK BRANT SCIENCE-ADVENTURE STORY
BY JOHN BLAINE
GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK, N. Y.
COPYRIGHT, 1954, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Printed in the United States of America
The Ifugaos, faces distorted with hatred and fury, pursued them.
Contents
CHAPTER I. The Head-hunter
CHAPTER II. Manila After Dark
CHAPTER III. The Gods of Banaue
CHAPTER IV. Inside the Walls
CHAPTER V. Manotok the Mighty
CHAPTER VI. Chahda Checks In
CHAPTER VII. Igorot Country
CHAPTER VIII. The Bontoc Road
CHAPTER IX. Ifugao Country
CHAPTER X. Ambush
CHAPTER XI. Warriors Three
CHAPTER XII. The Ifugao Village
CHAPTER XIII. The Peaceful Profession
CHAPTER XIV. Sign of the Dragon
CHAPTER XV. Under the Dragon's Claws
CHAPTER XVI. Flying Spears
CHAPTER XVII. Make or Break
CHAPTER XVIII. The Sky Wagon
CHAPTER XIX. The Nipa Hut
CHAPTER XX. Surprise Package
The Rick Brant Science-Adventure Stories
THE GOLDEN SKULL
CHAPTER I
The Head-hunter
It was hot in the cabin of the freighter Asiatic Dream. The heavinessof the tropical heat outside the ship penetrated through the steel andflaking paint of the deck to turn the cabin into an oven.
Rick Brant and Don Scott, stripped to their shorts, were oblivious ofthe heat. They sat hunched over a three-dimens