Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE WORKS OF E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

MYSTERIOUS MR. SABIN

McKINLAY, STONE & MACKENZIE

NEW YORK

_Copyright, 1905_,

BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved_

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

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