Copyright, 1911, 1912,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
Published, February, 1912
Electrotyped and Printed by
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. B. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
[I.]The Beginning of the Tangle.
[II.]Two Lovely Ladies.
[III.]The Unexpected Happens.
[IV.]Crossed Wires.
[V.]Bertillon Methods and Some Others.
[VI.]The Frat Supper.
[VII.]Chiefly Gossip.
[VIII.]Some of Jean's Ways.
[IX.]A Gleam of Light.
[X.]Ways That Are Dark.
[XI.]The Simmering Samovar.
[XII.]On the Trail of Diavolo.
[XIII.]The Samovar Explodes.
[XIV.]Tangled Heart-Strings.
[XV.]The Outlaw.
[XVI.]The Gift-Bond.
[XVII.]A Voice from the Past.
[XVIII.]A Rescue.
[XIX.]Cards on the Table.
[XX.]The Ultimate Discovery.

Illustrations

As I came up, his listener emptied achatelaine purse upon Barney's tray[Frontispiece]
"He was Diavolo's partner," he said vehemently[Page 137]
"I believe it," said a voice that started us all[Page 186]
There lay a pathetic little heap on the daghestan rug on my floor[Page 290]

The
Saintsbury Affair

[CHAPTER I]

THE BEGINNING OF THE TANGLE