CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [THE SHERIDAN PARK MYSTERY]
II [THE PRIVATE SECRETARY]
III [SOME DISCOVERIES]
IV [THE RUBY]
V [THE HIDDEN SAFE]
VI [AN EXTRAORDINARY ERRAND]
VII [HOW THE ERRAND ENDED]
VIII [MAILLOT'S EXPERIENCE]
IX [TRACKS IN THE SNOW]
X [THE SECOND STORY]
XI [A PACT]
XII [THE CIPHER]
XIII [DISCLOSURES]
XIV [RIDDLES]
XV [A WOMAN'S SCREAM]
XVI [THE FACE IN THE ALCOVE]
XVII [PRISON DOORS]
XVIII [A FIGHT IN THE DARK]
XIX [BELLE]
XX [GENEVIEVE'S MISSION]
XXI [SHADOWS]
XXII [ASHES OF OLD ROMANCE]
XXIII [BURKE UNBOSOMS]
XXIV [CONFESSION]
XXV ["THIMBLE, THIMBLE—"]
XXVI [THE CIPHER SOLVED]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ The gem lay between them, a splash of crimson flame . . . Frontispiece ]

[ Diagram of second floor ]

[ The door opened a few inches, to reveal the figure of Alexander Burke ]

[ Cipher ]

[ Cipher (repeated) ]

[ "I'll shoot," she announced in a tense tone, "so help me, I'll shoot" ]

[ "Uncle, Uncle, sit up! Don't go to pieces this way" ]