Author of
"Tregarthen's Wife" "The Robe of Lucifer" "The Crimson Blind" etc.

ILLUSTRATED

R. F. FENNO & COMPANY, Publishers
18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City

WARD LOCK & CO. LIMITED: LONDON
1906

Copyright 1904.
By Transatlantic Press, Ltd.

CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I[Without a Friend]7
II[A Desperate Venture]18
III[On Guard]30
IV[The Warning Light]36
V[Deeper Still]43
VI[The Peril Speaks]49
VII["Uneasy Lies the Head"]55
VIII[The Very Man]61
IX["Pongo"]72
X[A Friend at Court]78
XI[In the Garden]84
XII[A Prodigal Son]90
XIII[The Modern Journalist]96
XIV[Baffled!]102
XV[The Search]108
XVI[Was it Russia?]114
XVII[A Bow at a Venture]120
XVIII[Watching]126
XIX[The Quest of the Papers]132
XX[A Special Effort]138
XXI["Forewarned, Forearmed"]144
XXII[The Trail Grows]150
XXIII[General Maxgregor]156
XXIV[At the Window]162
XXV[An Unexpected Honour]168
XXVI[Loyal Silence]174
XXVII[Lechmere to the Rescue]180
XXVIII[The Power of the Press]186
XXIX[In Maxgregor's Chambers]192
XXX[Her Friend, the Queen]198
XXXI[A Surprise for Jessie]204
XXXII[No Time to Lose]210
XXXIII[The Fish on the Line]216
XXXIV[A Royal Actor]222
XXXV[A Race for a Throne]228
XXXVI[Annette tells a Story]234
XXXVII[Cross Purposes]240
XXXVIII[On Broken Ground]246
XXXIX[In the Camp of the Foe]252
XL[Thin Ice]258
XLI[Annette at Bay]264
XLII[The Countess Returns]271
XLIII[In Search of the King]277
XLIV[Dead!]283
XLV[Check!]289
XLVI[Mate in Two Moves]295
XLVII[The Situation is Saved]301
XLVIII[The Papers at Last]307
XLIX[Love and Roses]313