by

E. Philips Oppenheim

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I CROWNED HEADS MEET II ARTHUR DORWARD'S "SCOOP" III "OURS IS A STRANGE COURTSHIP" IV THE NIGHT TRAIN FROM VIENNA V "VON BEHRLING HAS THE PACKET" VI VON BEHRLING IS TEMPTED VII "WE PLAY FOR GREAT STAKES VIII THE HAND OF MISFORTUNE IX ROBBING THE DEAD X BELLAMY IS OUTWITTED XI VON BEHRLING'S FATE XII BARON DE STREUSS' PROPOSAL XIII STEPHEN LAVERICK'S CONSCIENCE XIV ARTHUR MORRISON'S COLLAPSE XV LAVERICK'S PARTNER FLEES XVI THE WAITER AT THE "BLACK POST XVII THE PRICE OF SILENCE XVIII THE LONELY CHORUS GIRL XIX MYSTERIOUS INQUIRIES XX LAVERICK IS CROSS EXAMINED XXI MADEMOISELLE IDIALE'S VISIT XXII ACTIVITY OF AUSTRIAN SPIES XXIII LAVERICK AT THE OPERA XXIV A SUPPER PARTY AT LUIGI'S XXV JIM SHEPHERD'S SCARE XXVI THE DOCUMENT DISCOVERED XXVII PENETRATING A MYSTERY XXVIII LAVERICK'S NARROW ESCAPE XXIX LASSEN'S TREACHERY DISCOVERED XXX THE CONTEST FOR THE PAPERS XXXI MISS LENEVEU'S MESSAGE XXXII MORRISON IS DESPERATE XXXIII LAVERICK'S ARREST XXXIV MORRISON'S DISCLOSURE XXXV BELLAMY'S SUCCESS XXXVI LAVERICK ACQUITTED XXXVII THE PLOT TEAT FAILED XXXVIII A FAREWELL APPEARANCE

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CHAPTER I

CROWNED HEADS MEET