BY

JACQUES FUTRELLE

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

ALONZO KIMBALL

1908

TO

THE WONDERFUL WOMAN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I MISS ISABEL THORNE

II MR. CAMPBELL AND THE CABLE

III THE LANGUAGE OF THE FAN

IV THE FLEEING WOMAN

V A VISIT TO THE COUNT

VI REVELATIONS

VII THE SIGNAL

VIII MISS THORNE AND NOT MISS THORNE

IX FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS

X A SAFE OPENING

XI THE LACE HANDKERCHIEF

XII THE VANISHING DIPLOMATIST

XIII A CONFERENCE IN THE DARK

XIV A RESCUE AND AN ESCAPE

XV MASTER OF THE SITUATION

XVI LETTERS FROM JAIL

XVII A CALL ON THE WARDEN

XVIII NOTICE TO LEAVE

XIX BY WIRELESS

XX THE LIGHT IN THE DOME

XXI A SLIP OF PAPER

XXII THE COMPACT

XXIII THE PERCUSSION CAP

XXIV THE PERSONAL EQUATION

XXV WE TWO

XXVI IN WHICH THEY BOTH WIN

ELUSIVE ISABEL

I

MISS ISABEL THORNE