A story of the Peruvian Sierras. Contents: adventures of a might watchman; disagreeable excursion; long live the Inca Papa-Capac; find the emerald; abduction of Candida; senora's army; lost in the snows of the Crucero; Inca or god father; anger of Inti-Churi; batter of the Plaza Manor; miraculous escape of Si Sing; Si Sing as chef de cuisine; Chinaman among the Rabonas; in which we again see Candida; Si Sing meets Senora Bustamente; at the entrance to the Holy Quebrada; soul of Manco-Capac; eve of the sacrifice; poor Candida; rescued by Papa-Capac; mysterious stairway; subterranean temple and the sacred emerald; supreme expiation.