Copyright 1905 by JOHN REED SCOTTCopyright 1906 by J. B. LIPPINCOTT CO.Published June, 1906TO MY WIFECONTENTSCHAPTER I. [A PICTURE AND A WAGER]II. [CONCERNING ANCESTORS]III. [IN DORNLITZ AGAIN]IV. [THE SALUTE OF A COUSIN]V. [THE SALUTE OR A FRIEND]VI. [THE SIXTH DANCE]VII. [AN EARLY MORNING RIDE]VIII. [THE LAWS OF THE DALBERGS]IX. [THE DECISION]X. [THE COLONEL OF THE RED HUZZARS]XI. [THE FATALITY OF MOONLIGHT]XII. [LEARNING MY TRADE]XIII. [IN THE ROYAL BOX]XIV. [THE WOMAN IN BLACK]XV. [HER WORD AND HER CERTIFICATE]XVI. [THE PRINCESS ROYAL SITS AS JUDGE]XVII. [PITCH AND TOSS]XVIII. [ANOTHER ACT IN THE PLAY]XIX. [MY COUSIN, THE DUKE]XX. [A TRICK OF FENCE]XXI. [THE BAL MASQUE]XXII. [BLACK KNAVE AND WHITE]XXIII. [AT THE INN OF THE TWISTED PINES]XXIV. [THE END OF THE PLAY]ILLUSTRATIONS[ "You are a soldier—an American officer?" she said,suddenly……Frontispiece ][ Then, as he unbent, his eyes rested on me for the first time. ][ Our swords fell to talking in the garden of the masked ball. ]THE COLONEL OFTHE RED HUZZARS