BURTON E. STEVENSON

AUTHOR OF "AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT," "A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1903

Published November, 1903

THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS,
RAHWAY, N. J.

chapter		page
I.	[A Bolt from the Blue]	1
II.	[In the Grip of Circumstance]	15
III.	[The Coil Tightens]	37
IV.	[I Have an Inspiration]	56
V.	[I Dine with a Fascinating Stranger]	70
VI.	[Godfrey's Panegyric]	70
VII.	[Miss Holladay Becomes Capricious]	101
VIII.	[The Mysterious Maid]	114
IX.	[I Meet Monsieur Martigny]	131
X.	[An Astonishing Disappearance]	146
XI.	[I Unmask My Enemy]	165
XII.	[At the Café Jourdain]	183
XIII.	[En Voyage]	197
XIV.	[I Prove a Bad Sentinel]	213
XV.	[Two Heads are Better than One]	229
XVI.	[I Beard the Lion]	247
XVII.	[Etretat]	270
XVIII.	[The Veil is Lifted]	280
XIX.	[The End of the Story]	293

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