CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
Prologue—the Two Empresses[9]
I.The Instructions of Monsieur V——[17]
II.The Princess Y——’s Hint[24]
III.The Head of the Manchurian Syndicate[36]
IV.The Czar’s Autograph[45]
V.A Dinner With the Enemy[54]
VI.Drugged and Kidnapped[63]
VII.The Race for Siberia[71]
VIII.The Czar’s Message[76]
IX.The Betrothal of Delilah[87]
X.The Answer of the Mikado[96]
XI.Who Smoked the Gregorides Brand[107]
XII.The Secret Service of Japan[113]
XIII.His Imperial Highness[123]
XIV.The Submarine Mine[130]
XV.The Advisor of Nicholas II[139]
XVI.A Strange Confession[145]
XVII.A Supernatural Incident[159]
XVIII.The Mystery of a Woman[169]
XIX.The Spirit of Madame Blavatsky[180]
XX.The Devil’s Auction[192]
XXI.The Funeral[199]
XXII.A Perilous Moment[210]
XXIII.A Resurrection and a Ghost[217]
XXIV.A Secret Execution[224]
XXV.A Change of Identity[233]
XXVI.Trapped[240]
XXVII.The Baltic Fleet[246]
XXVIII.On the Track[256]
XXIX.An Imperial Fanatic[264]
XXX.The Stolen Submarine[272]
XXXI.The Kiel Canal[279]
XXXII.The Dogger Bank[287]
XXXIII.Trafalgar Day[292]
XXXIV.The Family Statute[300]
Epilogue[308]

The International Spy

PROLOGUE[A]