CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I.Vengeance Avowed[9]
II.The Evil that Men do[32]
III.Mistake, or Blunder?[39]
IV.The Powers Confer[52]
V.Chastisement Condign[64]
VI.A Stern Chase[78]
VII.Talk of Many Things[90]
VIII.Spectres of the Past[114]
IX.Perils in the Night[136]
X.By a Hair’s Breadth[145]
XI.Battling the Elements[160]
XII.The First Shot[177]
XIII.The Second Shot[192]
XIV.Three Letters[210]
XV.Villainy Unmasked[221]
XVI.A Double Bluff[238]
XVII.Sentence of Death[256]
XVIII.Plots and Counterplots[278]
XIX.The Word Unspoken[299]
XX.Narrowing the Quest[321]
XXI.The Silent Duel[345]
XXII.Reflection and Reaction[360]
XXIII.Love to the Rescue[380]
XXIV.The Heavens Open[397]
XXV.Fulfilment of the Law[414]