Mysterious Mr. Sabin   By: Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946)

MYSTERIOUS MR. SABIN

McKINLAY, STONE & MACKENZIE

NEW YORK

Copyright, 1905 ,

BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

All rights reserved

[Illustration: "The girl's face shone like a piece of delicate statuary" ( page 37 ). [ Frontispiece .]

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. A SUPPER PARTY AT THE "MILAN" 7 II. A DRAMA OF THE PAVEMENT 13 III. THE WARNING OF FELIX 22 IV. AT THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR'S 30 V. THE DILEMMA OF WOLFENDEN 39 VI. A COMPACT OF THREE 46 VII. WHO IS MR. SABIN? 52 VIII. A MEETING IN BOND STREET 61 IX. THE SHADOWS THAT GO BEFORE 69 X. THE SECRETARY 76 XI. THE FRUIT THAT IS OF GOLD 83 XII. WOLFENDEN'S LUCK 92 XIII. A GREAT WORK 104 XIV. THE TEMPTING OF MR. BLATHERWICK 111 XV. THE COMING AND GOING OF MR. FRANKLIN WILMOT 118 XVI. GENIUS OR MADNESS? 126 XVII. THE SCHEMING OF GIANTS 132 XVIII. "HE HAS GONE TO THE EMPEROR!" 141 XIX. WOLFENDEN'S LOVE MAKING 146 XX. FROM A DIM WORLD 155 XXI. HARCUTT'S INSPIRATION 167 XXII. FROM THE BEGINNING 177 XXIII. MR. SABIN EXPLAINS 186 XXIV. THE WAY OF THE WOMAN 193 XXV. A HANDFUL OF ASHES 199 XXVI. MR. BLATHERWICK AS ST. ANTHONY 207 XXVII. BY CHANCE OR DESIGN 213 XXVIII. A MIDNIGHT VISITOR 220 XXIX. "IT WAS MR. SABIN" 227 XXX. THE GATHERING OF THE WAR STORM 234 XXXI. "I MAKE NO PROMISE" 242 XXXII. THE SECRET OF MR. SABIN'S NIECE 253 XXXIII. MR. SABIN TRIUMPHS 263 XXXIV. BLANCHE MERTON'S LITTLE PLOT 269 XXXV. A LITTLE GAME OF CARDS 276 XXXVI. THE MODERN RICHELIEU 287 XXXVII. FOR A GREAT STAKE 295 XXXVIII. THE MEN WHO SAVED ENGLAND 304 XXXIX. THE HEART OF THE PRINCESS 314 XL. THE WAY TO PAU 319 XLI. MR. AND MRS. WATSON OF NEW YORK 327 XLII. A WEAK CONSPIRATOR 333 XLIII. THE COMING OF THE "KAISER WILHELM" 341 XLIV. THE GERMANS ARE ANNOYED 346 XLV. MR. SABIN IN DANGER 353 XLVI. MR. WATSON IS ASTONISHED 358 XLVII. A CHARMED LIFE 363 XLVIII. THE DOOMSCHEN 368 XLIX. MR. SABIN IS SENTIMENTAL 374 L. A HARBOUR TRAGEDY 378 LI. THE PERSISTENCE OF FELIX 383 LII. MRS. JAMES B. PETERSON, OF LENOX 388

MYSTERIOUS MR. SABIN

CHAPTER I

A SUPPER PARTY AT THE "MILAN."