CONTENTS

[I. PENDLETON CALLS UPON ASHTON-KIRK]

[II. MISS EDYTH VALE STATES HER CASE]

[III. THE PORTRAITS OF GENERAL WAYNE]

[IV. STILLMAN'S THEORY]

[V. STILLMAN ASKS QUESTIONS]

[VI. ASHTON-KIRK LOOKS ABOUT]

[VII. THE SCHWARTZ-MICHAEL BAYONET]

[VIII. THE NEWSPAPERS BEGIN TO PLAY THEIR PART]

[IX. MISS VALE TELLS WHAT SHE KNOWS]

[X. ASHTON-KIRK ASKS QUESTIONS]

[XI. PENDLETON IS VASTLY ENLIGHTENED]

[XII. ANTONIO SPATOLA APPEARS]

[XIII. A NEW LIGHT ON ALLAN MORRIS]

[XIV. MISS VALE UNEXPECTEDLY APPEARS]

[XV. MISS VALE DEPARTS SUDDENLY]

[XVI. STEEL AGAINST STEEL]

[XVII. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD]

[XVIII. ASHTON-KIRK TELLS WHY]

[XIX. THE TWO REPORTS]

[XX. ONE OF THE OLD SORT]

[XXI. ASHTON-KIRK BEGINS TO PLAN]

[XXII. ASHTON-KIRK IS ANNOYED]

[XXIII. THE SECRET OF THE PORTRAIT]

[XXIV. THE SECOND NIGHT]

[XXV. APPROACHING THE FINISH]

[XXVI. THE FINISH]