1910


CONTENTS

[ THE SWORD MAKER ]

[ I. AN OFFER TO OPEN THE RIVER ]

[ II. THE BARGAIN IS STRUCK ]

[ III. DISSENSION IN THE IRONWORKERS’ GUILD ]

[ IV. THE DISTURBING JOURNEY OF FATHER AMBROSE ]

[ V. THE COUNTESS VON SAYN AND THE ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE ]

[ VI. TO BE KEPT SECRET FROM THE COUNTESS ]

[ VII. MUTINY IN THE WILDERNESS ]

[ VIII. THE MISSING LEADER AND THE MISSING GOLD ]

[ IX. A SOLEMN PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE ]

[ X. A CALAMITOUS CONFERENCE ]

[ XI. GOLD GALORE THAT TAKES TO ITSELF WINGS ]

[ XII. THE LAUGHING RED MARGRAVE OF FURSTENBERG ]

[ XIII. “A SENTENCE; COME, PREPARE!” ]

[ XIV. THE PRISONER OF EHRENFELS ]

[ XV. JOURNEYS END IN LOVERS’ MEETING ]

[ XVI. MY LADY SCATTERS THE FREEBOOTERS AND CAPTURES THEIR CHIEF ]

[ XVII. “FOR THE EMPRESS, AND NOT FOR THE EMPIRE” ]

[ XVIII. THE SWORD MAKER AT BAY ]

[ XIX. THE BETROTHAL IN THE GARDEN ]

[ XX. THE MYSTERY OF THE FOREST ]

[ XXI. A SECRET MARRIAGE ]

[ XXII. LONG LIVE THEIR MAJESTIES ]