"INSTANT ACTION IS WORTH A CENTURY OF DIPLOMACY."

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.[ No. 3, Johnson's Mews ]5
II.[ On the Edge of the Precipice ]19
III.[ What the Meteor Contained ]32
IV.[ Isaacstein ]45
V.[ Perplexing a Magistrate ]60
VI.[ A Game of Hazard ]73
VII.[ A Business Transaction ]87
VIII.[ The Transition ]105
IX.[ A Decisive Battle ]122
X.[ A Step Higher ]136
XI.[ In Clover ]151
XII.[ The Close of One Epoch ]165
XIII.[ After Long Years ]177
XIV.[ An Adventure ]192
XV.[ A Face From the Past ]208
XVI.[ The Master Fiend ]223
XVII.[ The Inmates of the Grange House ]238
XVIII.[ "Revenge is Mine; I Will Repay" ]253
XIX.[ Philip Anson Redivivus ]266
XX.[ Nemesis ]281
XXI.[ The Rescue ]293
XXII.[ A Settlement of Old Scores ]307

THE KING OF DIAMONDS.

CHAPTER I.

No. 3, Johnson's Mews.

"Is there no hope, doctor?"