COPYRIGHTED
1904, by
THE SMART SET
PUBLISHING CO.

New Edition, February, 1905.

CONTENTS

BOOK I
I.	DR. BELDEN’S ESTABLISHMENT	1
II.	“SLEEP ON, MY FRIENDS, SLEEP ON”	13
BOOK II
I.	ON THE BROAD HIGHWAY	25
II.	THE MAN WITH THE COCKED HAT	41
III.	A STRANGE REVELATION	51
IV.	SEARCHING THE FILES	61
V.	THE STORY OF THE PAST	75
VI.	THE STAR OF EMPIRE	85
VII.	THE POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK	93
VIII.	MR. KEARNS HAS A PREMONITION	103
IX.	A MYSTERY OF THE PALACE	111
X.	THE GREAT COURT BALL	123
XI.	IN THE GARDENS OF THE KING	133
XII.	A NIGHT ALARM	143
XIII.	HOW CAME THIS TO PASS	153
XIV.	THE COUNTERPLOT	157
XV.	THE EAVESDROPPER OF THE QUEEN’S WALK	171
XVI.	THE TAP OF MILADI’S FAN	183
XVII.	WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK	197
BOOK III
I.	“WHO ARE YOU”	207
II.	VALERIE SEEKS NEWS OF THE FASHIONS	219
III.	THE MASKED VISITOR	229
IV.	UNFOLDING THE PLAN	251
V.	A STRANGE MESSAGE	267
VI.	THE NEW CHANCELLOR	284
VII.	FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN	300
VIII.	IN THE CHANCELLERIE	317
IX.	THE LAST STAND OF THE GUARDS	337
X.	THE NEW ERA	347