NEW YORK
To
Lord and Lady Northcliffe:
WITH SINCERE REGARD.
29, Cannon Place,
Brighton
June 6th, 1906.
CONTENTS.
| Prologue | [1] |
| [CHAPTER I.] | |
| The Opium Den | [15] |
| [CHAPTER II.] | |
| The Man with the Picture Eyes | [26] |
| [CHAPTER III.] | |
| The Lucifer that Saved my Life | [33] |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | |
| Criminals, Chemicals, and a Crucible | [40] |
| [CHAPTER V.] | |
| A Pair of Handcuffs | [46] |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | |
| The Millionaires' Club | [55] |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | |
| I am Snubbed by Scotland Yard | [65] |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | |
| "Wanted" by the Police | [73] |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | |
| "Dead Man's Point" | [83] |
| [CHAPTER X.] | |
| I turn Burglar | [92] |
| [CHAPTER XI.] | |
| "What's your little game?" | [103] |
| [CHAPTER XII.] | |
| John Carleton's Burglar Alarm | [112] |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] | |
| The Face at the Broken Window | [120] |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] | |
| Miss Clara "Saves my Life" | [126] |
| [CHAPTER XV.] | |
| My Friend the Dumpling | [138] |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] | |
| The Ghost in the Garden | [145] |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] | |
| The Man with Gorilla Arms | [152] |
| [CHAPTER XVIII.] | |
| I Play the Craven | [159] |
| [CHAPTER XIX.] | |
| The Dumpling's Secret | [176] |
| [CHAPTER XX.] | |
| The New Napoleon | [187] |
| [CHAPTER XXI.] | |
| The Kindness—and Unkindness—of Kate | [192] |
| [CHAPTER XXII.] | |
| The Inexplicable Conduct of Miss Clara | [201] |
| [CHAPTER XXIII.] | |
| Kate's Confession | [211] |
| [CHAPTER XXIV.] | |
| I Discover the Identity of the Dumpling | [216] |
| [CHAPTER XXV.] | |
| John Carleton's Double | [221] |
| [CHAPTER XXVI.] | |
| "Only Starving" | [229] |
| [CHAPTER XXVII.] | |
| Re-enter the Dumpling | [243] |
| [CHAPTER XXVIII.] | |
| Mutiny and a Mesmerist | [249] |
| [CHAPTER XXIX.] | |
| The Mystery of the Third Man | [257] |
| [CHAPTER XXX.] | |
| Forty Miles in a Perambulator! | [267] |
| [CHAPTER XXXI.] | |
| The Great Insurrection Begins | [279] |
| [CHAPTER XXXII.] | |
| Bloodshed | [287] |
| [CHAPTER XXXIII.] | |
| The Battle of Tower Hill | [292] |
| [CHAPTER XXXIV.] | |
| London in Revolution | [299] |
| [CHAPTER XXXV.] | |
| The Great Fight in Fleet Street | [303] |
| [CHAPTER XXXVI.] | |
| Prince Dumpling | [313] |
| [CHAPTER XXXVII.] | |
| The Man in the Cellar | [319] |
| [CHAPTER XXXVIII.] | |
| The Mantle of Napoleon | [325] |
| [CHAPTER XXXIX.] | |
| "God Save the King!" | [333] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
[ In the Opium Den Frontispiece ]
[ "There peered through a broken pane of glass ... the white and wicked face of the Dumpling." ]
[ "The Dumpling was making a desperate dash for liberty" ]
[ "I fell back in incredulous horror" ]