Chapter I: Front Matter

THE
SAPPHIRE SIGNET

THE
SAPPHIRE SIGNET

BY
AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN
Author of "The Boarded-Up House," etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY
C. M. RELYEA

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1916

Copyright, 1915, 1916, by
THE CENTURY CO.

_Published, September, 1916_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE HOUSE IN CHARLTON STREET 3

II SOMETHING TURNS UP 16

III THE DISCOVERY IN THE ATTIC 32

IV A KEY TO THE MYSTERY 53

V "THE LASS OF RICHMOND HILL" 65

VI A SURPRISE 79

VII THE DISCOVERIES CORINNE MADE 91

VIII BAFFLED! 102

IX INTRODUCING ALEXANDER 114

X ALEXANDER TAKES HOLD 126

XI ALEXANDER SPRINGS A SURPRISE 135

XII THE MYSTERY UNRAVELS FURTHER 149

XIII ALEXANDER ENGAGES IN SOME HISTORICAL
RESEARCH 162

XIV A BELATED DISCOVERY AND A SOLEMN CONCLAVE 179

XV SARAH TAKES A HAND IN THE GAME 192

XVI THE SAPPHIRE SIGNET 209

XVII IN WHICH SARAH CHANGES HER MIND 228

XVIII TWO SURPRISES 245

XIX THE MISSING LINKS 255

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

"I had the _worst_ time puzzling this out!" she said _Frontispiece_

"Corinne noticed that the bottom of the trunk seemed
all wrong." 37

"He gazed hard at me as I stood on the lawn." 71

"Madame Mortier warned Alison that she wasn't to have
any communication with the rebels." 109

"I poked around it, top, bottom, and sides." 143

"You must welcome the latest member of the Antiquarian
Club, Miss President!" 205

He began to tap the inside of the trunk all over, carefully,
with the handle of his penknife 223

"For a minute or two she didn't answer." 265

THE SAPPHIRE SIGNET

THE SAPPHIRE SIGNET
OR
"THE LASS OF RICHMOND HILL"