BY WIT OF WOMAN

By

ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT

Author of "When I was Czar" "By Snare of Love"
"A Dash for a Throne" etc etc

ILLUSTRATIONS BY S. H. VEDDER

LONDON
WARD LOCK & CO. LIMITED
1906

CONTENTS

CHAP.
I [FROM BEYOND THE PALE]
II [A CHESS OPENING]
III [MY PLAN OF CAMPAIGN]
IV [MADAME D'ARTELLE]
V [A NIGHT ADVENTURE]
VI [GARETH]
VII [GARETH'S FATHER]
VIII [COUNT KARL]
IX [I COME TO TERMS WITH MADAME]
X [A DRAMATIC STROKE]
XI [PLAIN TALK]
XII [HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN]
XIII [GETTING READY]
XIV [I ELOPE]
XV [AN EMBARRASSING DRIVE]
XVI [A WISP OF RIBBON]
XVII [IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT]
XVIII [THE COST OF VICTORY]
XIX [A TRAGI-COMEDY]
XX [MY ARREST]
XXI [HIS EXCELLENCY TO THE RESCUE]
XXII [COLONEL KATONA SPEAKS]
XXIII [A GREEK GIFT]
XXIV [WHAT THE DUKE MEANT]
XXV [ON THE THRESHOLD]
XXVI [FACE TO FACE]
XXVII ["THIS IS GARETH"]
XXVIII [THE COLONEL'S SECRET]
XXIX [A SINGULAR TRUCE]
XXX [THE END]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "He held out his hand when Madame presented him." ]