Front matter
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF ALIAS THE LONE WOLF, THE DARK MIRROR, Etc.
ILLUSTRATED WITH SCENES FROM THE PHOTOPLAY A COLUMBIA PRODUCTION
GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Published by Arrangement with E. P. Dutton & Company
Copyright, 1923 By INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE CO. (COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE)
Copyright, 1923 By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
All rights reserved, including the rights of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
First printing, August, 1923 Second printing, August, 1923 Third printing, August, 1923 Fourth printing, August, 1923 Fifth printing, August, 1923 Sixth printing, August, 1923 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.
