I raised my sword and struck him with the flat side of it
across the face.—Frontispiece, [Page 42].

By Right of Sword

BY

ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT

AUTHOR OF
"Sir Jaffray's Wife," "Parson Thring's Secret,"
Etc., Etc.

NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK COMPANY
156 : FIFTH : AVENUE : NEW : YORK
HUTCHINSON & COMPANY, LONDON

Copyright 1897
BY
ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ I Raised My Sword and Struck Him with the Flat Side of it across the Face . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "I Know that You are My Brother, Alexis" ]

[ A Swinging Cut Made Another Drop His Knife with a Great Cry of Pain ]

[ "Here, Strike," I Cried ]

[ "Alexis, Did You Bring That Proposal to Me Deliberately?" ]

[ "Take Another Two Grains, Mouse" ]

[ I Darted Forward into the Doorway ]

[ I Tore It from Him ]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. [THE MEETING]
II. [I AM A NIHILIST]
III. [MY SECONDS]
IV. [THE DUEL]
V. [GETTING DEEPER]
VI. [A LEGACY OF LOVE]
VII. [A LESSON IN NIHILISM]
VIII. [THE RIVERSIDE MEETING]
IX. [DEVINSKY AGAIN]
X. ["THAT BUTCHER, DURESCQ"]
XI. [DANGER FROM A FRESH SOURCE]
XII. [CHRISTIAN TUESKI]
XIII. [OLGA IN A NEW LIGHT]
XIV. [THE DEED WHICH RANG THROUGH RUSSIA]
XV. [A SHE DEVIL]
XVI. [THE NEXT NIHILIST PLOT]
XVII. [AN EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE]
XVIII. [THE REASON OF THE INTRIGUE]
XIX. [OLGA'S ABDUCTION]
XX. [THE RESCUE]
XXI. [THREE TO ONE]
XXII. [THE BEGINNING OF THE END]
XXIII. [CHECKMATE!]
XXIV. [CRISIS]
XXV. [COILS THAT NO MAN COULD BREAK]
XXVI. [MY DECISION]
XXVII. [THE FOUR ALDER TREES]
XXVIII. [THE ATTACK ON THE CZAR]
XXIX. [THE TRUTH OUT AT LAST]
XXX. [AFTERWARDS]

BY RIGHT OF SWORD.