Pervasive Woman! In our hours of ease,
Our cloud-dispeller, tempering storm to breeze!
But when our dual selves the pot sets bubbling,
Our cares providing, and our doubles troubling!
Secret Ritual of the A.O.C.M.

INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT 1906
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
JANUARY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [A SLEEP AND A FORGETTING]
II [THE RIDDLE OF RAIMENT AND DATES]
III [ANY PORT IN A STORM]
IV [AN ADVENTURE IN BENARES]
V [SUBLIMINAL ENGINEERING]
VI [THE JONES PLANE OF MENTALITY]
VII [ENTER THE LEGAL MIND]
VIII [POISING FOR THE PLUNGE]
IX [IN DARKEST PENNSYLVANIA]
X [THE WRONG HOUSE]
XI [THE FIRST BATTLE, AND DEFEAT]
XII [ON THE FIRM GROUND OF BUSINESS]
XIII [THE MARTYRDOM OF MR. STEVENS]
XIV [THE TREASON OF ISEGRIM THE WOLF]
XV [THE TURPITUDE OF BRASSFIELD]
XVI [THE OFFICE GOES IN QUEST OF THE MAX]
XVII [THE HONOR NEARS ITS QUARRY]
XVIII [A GLORIOUS VICTORY]
XIX [THE ENTRAPPING OF MR. BRASSFIELD]
XX [THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE]
XXI [SOME ALTERNATIONS IN THE CURRENT]
XXII [A REVIVAL OF BELSHAZZAR]
XXIII [THE MOVING FINGER WRITES]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ Instantly he was aware of the descent upon him of a fiery comet
of femininity . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ She seemed to emanate from the tiger-skin as a butterfly from the chrysalis ]

[ A new thrill ran through the man and a new light came into his eyes. ]

[ Vast and complete was the system of notes built up by the professor
and the judge ]