Chapter
I. A Chance Meeting
II. Cabinet Day in Washington
III. Mr. Tu Fang Wu
IV. At the Chinese Embassy
V. Sub Rosa
VI. The Arrest
VII. Mollie's Temptation
VIII. At the White House
IX. Bab's Discovery
X. The Confession
XI. In Mr. Hamlin's Study
XII. Barbara's Secret Errand
XIII. A Foolish Girl
XIV. "Grant No Favors!"
XV. Bab Refuses to Grant a Favor
XVI. Barbara's Unexpected Good Luck
XVII. The White Veil
XVIII. A Tangled Web or Circumstance
XIX. Harriet in Danger
XX. Foiled!
XXI. The Discovery
XXII. Oil on the Troubled Waters
XXIII. Suspense and the Reward
XXIV. Home at Laurel Cottage
CHAPTER I
A CHANCE MEETING
Barbara Thurston stood at the window of a large old-fashioned house, looking out into Connecticut Avenue. It was almost dark. An occasional light twinkled outside in the street, but the room in which Barbara was stationed was still shrouded in twilight.
Suddenly she heard a curtain at the farther end of the drawing-room rustle faintly.
Bab turned and saw a young man standing between the curtains, peering into the shadows with a pair of near-sighted eyes.
Barbara started. The stranger had entered the room through a small study that adjoined it. He seemed totally unaware of any other presence, for he was whistling softly: "Kathleen Mavourneen."
"I beg your pardon," Bab began impulsively, "but are you looking for some one?"
The newcomer flashed a charming smile at Barbara. He did not seem in the least surprised at her appearance.