Copyright 1911, by
J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company.

CONTENTS

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I THE SHADOW OF A FEAR[3]
II THE WANDERER RETURNS[9]
III THE CRY IN THE NIGHT[14]
IV 101 BRANT STREET[20]
V A RAY OF LIGHT[25]
VI ABELL CARRIES OUT HIS ERRAND[31]
VII MORE LIGHT[36]
VIII A MASTER OF FENCE[41]
IX APRIL DAYS[47]
X A LITTLE SUNSHINE[52]
XI ANOTHER STROKE IN THE DARKNESS[59]
XII GEOFFREY IS PUT TO THE TEST[65]
XIII REELING OFF THE THREAD[70]
XIV "IT MIGHT BE YOU"[76]
XV RALPH RAVENSPUR'S CONCEIT[80]
XVI THE WHITE FLOWERS[86]
XVII WHENCE DID THEY COME?[91]
XVIII MRS. MONA MAY[97]
XIX VERA IS NOT PLEASED[102]
XX A FASCINATING WOMAN[107]
XXI THE MYSTERY DEEPENS[113]
XXII DEEPER STILL[118]
XXIII MARION EXPLAINS[124]
XXIV MARION'S DOUBLE[130]
XXV GEOFFREY IS PUZZLED[135]
XXVI GEOFFREY BEGINS TO UNDERSTAND[141]
XXVII AN UNEXPECTED GUEST[146]
XXVIII MORE OF THE BEES[152]
XXIX MRS. MAY AT RAVENSPUR[157]
XXX A LEAF FROM THE PAST[161]
XXXI THE SILK THREAD[167]
XXXII MORE FROM THE PAST[173]
XXXIII VERA SEES SOMETHING[178]
XXXIV EXIT TCHIGORSKY[182]
XXXV MRS. MAY IS PLEASED[189]
XXXVI MRS. MAY LEARNS SOMETHING[195]
XXXVII DIPLOMACY[200]
XXXVIII GEOFFREY GETS A SHOCK[205]
XXXIX PRINCESS ZARA'S TERMS[211]
XL THE IRON CAGE[217]
XLI WAITING[222]
XLII THE SEARCH[228]
XLIII NEARER[233]
XLIV STILL NEARER[239]
XLV BAFFLED[244]
XLVI NEARING THE END[250]
XLVII TCHIGORSKY FURTHER EXPLAINS[255]
XLVIII MORE FROM THE PAST[261]
XLIX RALPH TAKES CHARGE[266]
L A KIND UNCLE[270]
LI "WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?"[276]
LII "AS PROOF OF HOLY WRIT"[282]
LIII A LITTLE LIGHT[287]
LIV EXIT THE ASIATICS[293]
LV A SHOCK FOR THE PRINCESS[298]
LVI MARION COMES BACK[304]
LVII HAND AND FOOT[309]
L'ENVOI[315]

THE MYSTERY OF THE
RAVENSPURS

CHAPTER I THE SHADOW OF A FEAR

A grand old castle looks out across the North Sea, and fishermen toiling on the deep catch the red flash from Ravenspur Point, as their forefathers have done for many generations.