The Lost Million by William Le Queux is a story about a traveler who befriends an old man and promises to fulfill his last wishes. He soon finds himself on a wild adventure that involves him with dangers he could never have imagined. Excerpt: "See! It's—it's in my kit bag, over there! The thing—the Thing at which the whole world will stand aghast!" The thin, white-faced, grey-bearded man lying on his back in bed roused himself with difficulty…"