BOOK IV. THE DANCER AND THE MOUNTEBANK

I. ["That Is Paquita"]
II. [The Serpent Strikes]
III. [Which Is the Last]

ILLUSTRATIONS

["Good God, Mobley! Did you do this?"] ... Frontispiece

[Captain Converse was endowed with the impassiveness of an Indian, nor could one imagine him agitated in any circumstances]

[Joyce was herself a mystery, an enigma, as inscrutable as "Paquita"]

[Mr. Mountjoy's thin, handsome features were saved from asceticism only by the lines of humor about his eyes]

[At times Charlotte became beautiful; a warm tide of color mounted to her cheeks; her head became regally erect]

LIST OF CHARACTERS

GEN. PEYTON WESTBROOK, a gentleman of the Old South.
MRS. WESTBROOK, his wife.
DR. MOBLEY WESTBROOK, their son.
JOYCE, Mobley's sister.
MRS. ELINOR FAIRCHILD, a widow of fallen fortunes.
CLAY, her son.
"MISS CHARLOTTE," Clay's sister.
JOHN CONVERSE, Captain of Detectives.
MR. MOUNTJOY, the District Attorney.
MR. MERKEL, the Coroner.
J. HOWARD LYNDEN, a cotton-broker.
SENOR JUAN DE VARGAS Y ESCOLADO, otherwise known
as Señor Vargas, a Mexican capitalist.
WILLIAM SLADE, an abstracter of titles.
ABRAM FOLLETT, a dealer in worn-out utilities.
ROBERT NETTLETON, a lawyer.
FERDINAND HOWE, a banker.
HARRY MCCALEB }
SEPTIMUS ADAMS } serving under Capt. Converse.
SAM }
JOE } faithful servants.
MELISSA }
POLLY ANN }
THE PLACE: A City in the South.
TIME: The Present.