CONTENTS
Chapter
I. [Is Purely Personal]
II. [Tells Something about Love]
III. [Is a Mystery]
IV. [Relates some Astounding Facts]
V. [Deals with a Millionaire]
VI. [Places Me in a Predicament]
VII. [Mainly Concerns the Owl]
VIII. [Narrates a Mysterious Incident]
IX. [Shows the Bird's Talons]
X. [Makes One Point Plain]
XI. [Describes a Meeting and Its Sequel]
XII. [Carries Me on Board the "Vispera"]
XIII. [Discloses a Millionaire's Secret]
XIV. [In Which I make a Resolve]
XV. [In Which We pay a Visit Ashore]
XVI. [Discusses Several Matters of Moment]
XVII. [Describes a New Acquaintance]
XVIII. [Creates Another Problem]
XIX. [A Millionaire's Manoeuvres]
XX. [Wherein Captain Davis Speaks his Mind]
XXI. [Is Astonishing]
XXII. [Is More Astonishing]
XXIII. [Confides the Story of a Table]
XXIV. [In Which Matters Assume a Very Complex Aspect]
XXV. [Presents a Curious Phase]
XXVI. [Gives the Key to the Cipher]
XXVII. [Pieces Together the Puzzle]
XXVIII. [Reveals the Truth]
XXIX. [Contains the Conclusion]
THE GAMBLERS
CHAPTER I
IS PURELY PERSONAL
No. I dare not reveal anything here, lest I may be misjudged.
The narrative is, to say the least, a strange one; so strange, indeed, that had I not been one of the actual persons concerned in it I would never have believed such things were possible.
Yet these chapters of an eventful personal history, remarkable though they may appear, nevertheless form an unusual story—a combination of circumstances which will be found startling and curious, idyllic and tragic.
Reader, I would confess all, if I dared, but each of us has a skeleton in the cupboard, both you and I, for alas! I am no exception to the general rule prevailing among women.