SWIRLING WATERS

BY
MAX RITTENBERG

AUTHOR OF
"THE MIND-READER," "THE COCKATOO," ETC.

SECOND EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

First PublishedJuly 3rd 1913
Second EditionAugust 1913

TO
MY DEAR MOTHER
WHOSE ADVICE AND CRITICISM HAVE HELPED SO
GREATLY IN MY WORK, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE
MAKING OF THIS BOOK; WHOSE COMPANIONSHIP
HAS BEEN A CONSTANT INSPIRATION TO ME

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
[I.][The Whirlpool][1]
[II.][A £5,000,000 Deal][7]
[III.][Shadowed][17]
[IV.][On the Scent of a Mystery][19]
[V.][The First Move in the Game][29]
[VI.][The Beginning of a New Life][42]
[VII.][A Seat by the Arena][50]
[VIII.][Who and where is Rivière?][61]
[IX.][At Monte Carlo][69]
[X.][Larssen turns another Corner][73]
[XI.][A Letter From Rivière][83]
[XII.][The Second Meeting][87]
[XIII.][At the Maison Carrée][100]
[XIV.][By the Druids' Tower][107]
[XV.][Waiting the Verdict][111]
[XVI.][Only Pity!][123]
[XVII.][Rivière is Called Back][127]
[XVIII.][Not Wanted!][138]
[XIX.][A Throne-Room][148]
[XX.][Beaten to Earth][153]
[XXI.][The Bolted Door][171]
[XXII.][The Chameleon Mind][184]
[XXIII.][Larssen's Man Once Again][197]
[XXIV.][Confession][205]
[XXV.][White Lilac][216]
[XXVI.][A Challenge][221]
[XXVII.][Women's Weapons][225]
[XXVIII.][The Counter-Move][235]
[XXIX.][The Parting][247]
[XXX.][Heir to a Throne][254]
[XXXI.][The Reins had Slipped][264]
[XXXII.][The New Scheme][273]
[XXXIII.][Larssen's Appeal][278]
[XXXIV.][On Board the "Starlight"][285]
[XXXV.][Intervention][297]
[XXXVI.][Finality][304]
[Epilogue][311]