Front matter

I raised my sword and struck him with the flat side of it across the face.—Frontispiece, Page 42.

By Right of Sword

BY

ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT

AUTHOR OF "Sir Jaffray's Wife," "Parson Thring's Secret," Etc., Etc.

NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK COMPANY 156 : FIFTH : AVENUE : NEW : YORK HUTCHINSON & COMPANY, LONDON

Copyright 1897 BY ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

I Raised My Sword and Struck Him with the Flat Side of it across the Face . . . Frontispiece

"I Know that You are My Brother, Alexis"

A Swinging Cut Made Another Drop His Knife with a Great Cry of Pain

"Here, Strike," I Cried

"Alexis, Did You Bring That Proposal to Me Deliberately?"

"Take Another Two Grains, Mouse"

I Darted Forward into the Doorway

I Tore It from Him

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE MEETING

II. I AM A NIHILIST

III. MY SECONDS

IV. THE DUEL

V. GETTING DEEPER

VI. A LEGACY OF LOVE

VII. A LESSON IN NIHILISM

VIII. THE RIVERSIDE MEETING

IX. DEVINSKY AGAIN

X. "THAT BUTCHER, DURESCQ"

XI. DANGER FROM A FRESH SOURCE

XII. CHRISTIAN TUESKI

XIII. OLGA IN A NEW LIGHT

XIV. THE DEED WHICH RANG THROUGH RUSSIA

XV. A SHE DEVIL

XVI. THE NEXT NIHILIST PLOT

XVII. AN EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE

XVIII. THE REASON OF THE INTRIGUE

XIX. OLGA'S ABDUCTION

XX. THE RESCUE

XXI. THREE TO ONE

XXII. THE BEGINNING OF THE END

XXIII. CHECKMATE!

XXIV. CRISIS

XXV. COILS THAT NO MAN COULD BREAK

XXVI. MY DECISION

XXVII. THE FOUR ALDER TREES

XXVIII. THE ATTACK ON THE CZAR

XXIX. THE TRUTH OUT AT LAST

XXX. AFTERWARDS

BY RIGHT OF SWORD.