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INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1909, 1910, BY THE SUCCESS COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1910, by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
PUBLISHED, SEPTEMBER, 1910
CHARACTERS
| Henry Drexel, a young American business man. | ||
| Princess Olga Valenko. | ||
| General Valenko, her father, Military Governor of St. Petersburg. | ||
| John Howard, Drexel’s uncle, an American capitalist. | ||
| Mrs. Howard. | ||
| Alice Howard, their daughter, engaged to Prince Berloff. | ||
| Prince Berloff, a powerful Russian nobleman. | ||
| Countess Baronova, a fair young widow. | ||
| James Freeman, an American correspondent. | ||
| Captain Nadson, of the political police. | ||
| The White One, the hidden leader of the revolutionists. | ||
| Razoff, | } | of the revolutionists’ Central Committee |
| Sabatoff, | ||
| Pestel, | ||
| Ivan, | } | revolutionists. |
| Nicolai, | ||
| Colonel Delwig, governor of the fortress-prison Sts. Peter and Paul. | ||
| Colonel Kavelin, his successor. | ||
| Borodin, a prisoner of State. | ||
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Woman in Brown | [ 3] |
| II. | Caught in the Current | [ 11] |
| III. | A Long Journey that Was Soon Ended | [ 23] |
| IV. | The Prisoner of the White One | [ 31] |
| V. | The House in Three Saints’ Court | [ 44] |
| VI. | The King and the Beggar Maid | [ 54] |
| VII. | Concerning the Mystery of a Prince | [ 63] |
| VIII. | The Princess of Hearts | [ 74] |
| IX. | One Woman—or Two? | [ 86] |
| X. | “You and I—Against the World!” | [ 99] |
| XI. | A Bargain is Renewed | [ 109] |
| XII. | In the Prince’s Study | [ 124] |
| XIII. | Between Three Fires | [ 135] |
| XIV. | The Flight with the Countess | [ 146] |
| XV. | The Man in the Sheepskin Coat | [ 161] |
| XVI. | The White One | [ 172] |
| XVII. | The Central Committee | [ 180] |
| XVIII. | For a Brother’s Life | [ 192] |
| XIX. | The Battle in Three Saints’ Court | [ 202] |
| XX. | The Spy | [ 217] |
| XXI. | The Man Behind the Curtains | [ 227] |
| XXII. | A Vice-Czar Does His Duty | [ 240] |
| XXIII. | The Last Card | [ 253] |
| XXIV. | The Prince Plays Trumps | [ 268] |
| XXV. | A Desperate Plan | [ 277] |
| XXVI. | The Jaws of Death | [ 288] |
| XXVII. | The Goddess of Vengeance | [ 303] |
| XXVIII. | The Day After | [ 311] |
| XXIX. | To-morrow? | [ 327] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| Her eyes swept the room with cold hauteur | [ Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| “John, dear,” she said in purest English, “that bothersome passport must have been packed among your things” | [ 16] |
| Triumph glittered in the officer’s eye. “I believe I have seen madame before,” he said | [ 136] |
| A huge, ferocious fellow vaulted the barricade. He died in mid air | [ 212] |
THE SHEARS OF DESTINY
THE SHEARS OF DESTINY