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  The Recipe for Diamonds

  NELSON'S LIBRARY

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  THE RECIPE FOR DIAMONDS

  C. J. CUTCLIFFE HYNE

  Thomas Nelson andSons, 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._

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  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

  X. WITH A THREE-ANGLED HOE 146

  XI. THE RED DELF AMPHORA 166

  XII. A PROFESSIONAL CONSPIRATOR 182

  XIII. AT A MALLORQUIN FONDA 204

  XIV. HEREINGEFALLEN 217

  XV. CAMARADERIE 226

  XVI. CRUELLY INTERRUPTED 240

  XVII. VENTRE A TERRE 258

  THE RECIPE FOR DIAMONDS.