First printing, August, 1923
Second printing, August, 1923
Third printing, August, 1923
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Seventh printing, October, 1923
Eighth printing, October, 1923
Ninth printing, December, 1923

Printed in the United States of America


To
FRANK EDWIN VERNEY

because he asked for more and because there won't be any more


Note—This is the fifth, and in the intention of the author the last, of the Lone Wolf stories. Although in strict sense a sequel it is, like "The Lone Wolf," "The False Faces," "Red Masquerade," and "Alias the Lone Wolf," entirely self-contained and able to stand on its own plot.

If anybody else cares . . .

Louis Joseph Vance.

Darien, August, 1923.