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By

ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT

Author of "When I was Czar" "By Snare of Love" "A Dash for a Throne" etc etc

ILLUSTRATIONS BY S. H. VEDDER

LONDON WARD LOCK & CO. LIMITED 1906

CONTENTS

CHAP.

I FROM BEYOND THE PALE

II A CHESS OPENING

III MY PLAN OF CAMPAIGN

IV MADAME D'ARTELLE

V A NIGHT ADVENTURE

VI GARETH

VII GARETH'S FATHER

VIII COUNT KARL

IX I COME TO TERMS WITH MADAME

X A DRAMATIC STROKE

XI PLAIN TALK

XII HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN

XIII GETTING READY

XIV I ELOPE

XV AN EMBARRASSING DRIVE

XVI A WISP OF RIBBON

XVII IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT

XVIII THE COST OF VICTORY

XIX A TRAGI-COMEDY

XX MY ARREST

XXI HIS EXCELLENCY TO THE RESCUE

XXII COLONEL KATONA SPEAKS

XXIII A GREEK GIFT

XXIV WHAT THE DUKE MEANT

XXV ON THE THRESHOLD

XXVI FACE TO FACE

XXVII "THIS IS GARETH"

XXVIII THE COLONEL'S SECRET

XXIX A SINGULAR TRUCE

XXX THE END

ILLUSTRATIONS

"He held out his hand when Madame presented him."

"The two scoundrels pulled up at the sight of it."

"Throwing herself on her knees at the Duke's feet."