Copyright 1911

The Bobbs-Merrill Company

[TO]

ROBERT HICHENS

The wild hawk to the windswept sky,
The deer to the wholesome wold,
And the heart of a man to the heart of a maid,
As it was in the days of old.
—Rudyard Kipling.

CONTENTS

I[What's in a Name?]
II[An Affable Rogue]
III[The Holy Yhiordes]
IV[An Old Acquaintance]
V[The Girl Who Wasn't Wanted]
VI[Moonlight and Poetry]
VII[Ryanne Tables His Cards]
VIII[The Purloined Cable]
IX[The Bitter Fruit]
X[Mahomed Laughs]
XI[Episodic]
XII[The Caravan in the Desert]
XIII[Not a Cheerful Outlook]
XIV[Mahomed Offers Freedom]
XV[Fortune's Riddle Solved]
XVI[Mahomed Rides Alone]
XVII[Mrs. Chedsoye Has Her Doubts]
XVIII[The Man Who Didn't Care]
XIX[Fortune Decides]
XX[March Hares]
XXI[A Bottle of Wine]
XXII[The End of the Puzzle]