LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "The South Pole for us all!" (page 58) Frontispiece "Then, somebody was clinging to me" "From our high vantage we could command a vast circle of sunless, melancholy cold" "Cut her, Nick, cut her! I can't stick on any longer!". THE PALACE OF THE PRINCE "A harbor for vanished argosies and forgotten dreams" Page 93 117 "202 • 242 THE PARDON of Love "There fell upon them a long golden bar of the returning sunlight" "288 OF THE GREAT WHITE WAY. NICHOLAS CHASE, a young man with a dream of discovery, and an inherited love of the sea. Chauncey Gale, a merry millionaire, with a willingness to back his judgment. EDITH GALE, his daughter, a girl with accomplishments and ideas. ZAR, colored maid and former nurse of Edith Gale. A woman with no "fool notions” about the South Pole. FERRATONI, an Italian electrician with wireless communication, and subtle psychic theories. CAPTAIN JOSEPH BIFFER, Master of the Billowcrest. An old salt, with little respect for wild expeditions. TERENCE LARKINS, First Officer of the Billowcrest, with a disregard of facts. MR. EMORY, Second Officer of the Billowcrest. WILLIAM STURRITT, Steward of the Billowcrest, and inventor of condensed food tablets. FRENCHY, a bosen who stirs up trouble. PRINCE OF THE PURPLE FIELDS, a gentle despot of the Port of Dreams. PRINCESS OF THE LILIED HILLS, His Serene Sister, whose domain is the deepest South. Three maidens of the Land of Dreams and Lotus. A shipwrecked sailor, whose rescue is important to all concerned. Cabin boy, stewardess, and crew of the Billowcrest. Courtiers, populace, etc., of the Land of the Sloping Sun. |