Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1909.
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.


Contents

[CHAPTER I]
[CHAPTER II]
[CHAPTER III]
[CHAPTER IV]
[CHAPTER V]
[CHAPTER VI]
[CHAPTER VII]
[CHAPTER VIII]
[CHAPTER IX]
[CHAPTER X]
[CHAPTER XI]
[CHAPTER XII]
[CHAPTER XIII]
[CHAPTER XIV]
[CHAPTER XV]
[CHAPTER XVI]
[CHAPTER XVII]
[CHAPTER XVIII]
[CHAPTER XIX]
[CHAPTER XX]
[CHAPTER XXI]
[CHAPTER XXII]
[CHAPTER XXIII]


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

'But Ortensia did not even hear him, and sat quite still in her chair'[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
'"This is the celebrated Maestro Alessandro Stradella of Naples"'[11]
'The footman came back at last with a white face'[87]
'The two Bravi faced the watch side by side'[243]
'"The profession has two branches. We take lives, you take purses"'[282]
'He began to look about for lodgings'[307]
'Trombin advanced upon him slowly, looking more like an avenging demon than a man'[373]
'She sat up in his arms and framed his face in her hands'[406]