X. TELLS IN WHAT MANNER I LEARNT THE SECRET OF THE GREAT KEY.

XI. TELLS HOW AT LAST I FOUND MY REVENGE AND THE GREAT RUBY.





DEAD MAN'S ROCK.



BOOK I.



THE QUEST OF THE GREAT RUBY.



CHAPTER I.



TELLS OF THE STRANGE WILL OF MY GRANDFATHER, AMOS TRENOWETH.

Whatever claims this story may have upon the notice of the world,
they will rest on no niceties of style or aptness of illustration.
It is a plain tale, plainly told: nor, as I conceive, does its native