Boston L.C. Page and Company
Publishers

First Impression, January, 1906
Second Impression, February, 1906
Third Impression, February, 1906
Fourth Impression, March, 1908

Colonial Press
C.H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U.S.A.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

I desire to state that the initial
fact upon which I have founded
this story is within my own experience.
I travelled from Calais to
Basle by the Engadine Express in
the latter end of July, 1902, when
my wife and myself were the only
passengers. The rest is pure fiction.

A.G.