Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CRIMSON PATCH

"You want to warn me.... What about? I don't understand"
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THE
CRIMSON PATCH

BY
AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN

Author of "The Slipper Point Mystery," "The
Girl Next Door," "Three Sides of Paradise
Green," "The Sapphire Signet,"
etc., etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY
C. M. RELYEA

D. APPLETON-CENTURY COMPANY
INCORPORATED

NEW YORK LONDON
1939

COPYRIGHT, 1919, 1920, BY
THE CENTURY CO.

_All rights reserved. This book, or parts
thereof, must not be reproduced in any
form without permission of the publisher._

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I SUITE NUMBER 403 3
II FRIENDS OR ENEMIES? 15
III THE SHADOW ON THE WALL 33
IV THE CRIMSON PATCH 52
V WHO TOOK IT? 70
VI THE MYSTERY DEEPENS 79
VII LEFT ALONE 95
VIII A PIECE OF PAPER 103
IX A MESSAGE IN THE NIGHT 112
X A COUNCIL OF WAR 126
XI AN ADVENTUROUS MISSION 133
XII THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS 146
XIII VIRGINIE DECIDES 172
XIV MELANIE 184
XV OUT OF THE NET 194
XVI THE SECRET OF THE CRIMSON PATCH 205

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"You want to warn me.... What about? I don't understand" _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

"You see!" whispered Virginie, clinging to Patricia 50
spasmodically

"O, Melanie, let me stay just a few moments!" 140

Melanie stood in the doorway surveying her with stern 192
surprise

THE CRIMSON PATCH