Front matter

AUTHOR OF "A MILLION A MINUTE," "THE LANTERN OF LUCK," ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY

HERMAN PFEIFER

BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1912

Copyright, 1912, By Little, Brown, and Company.

All rights reserved, including those of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian

Published, September, 1912

THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. SIMONDS & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.

FOR ISOBEL MY WIFE AND OUR DAUGHTER ISOBEL

"Feel my pulse now, before you go," the pseudo-doctor's patient commanded.