PART I THE WHIRLPOOL

PROLOGUE

I. BARON FREDERICK FAYERLING WAITS IN VAIN FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT IN EUROPE

II. A YOUNG MAN ARRIVES FROM CALIFORNIA, AND HEARS SOME UNEXPECTED NEWS

III. WALLION MEETS B. 22, AND CERTAIN REMARKABLE EPISODES IN A GREAT MAN'S CAREER ARE DESCRIBED WITH THE DESIRED EFFECT

IV. LEONARD GRATH ACTS ON HIS OWN RESPONSIBILITY AND MEETS WITH A GIRL WHO RUNS AWAY FROM HIM

V. IN WHICH IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE OWNER IS A GUEST IN HIS OWN HOUSE

VI. THE PROBLEM-HUNTER

VII. THE SLAYERS

THE TWENTIETH OF JULY

VIII. LONA IVANOVNA ASKS HER FIRST QUESTION

IX. UNREST IN BOTH CAMPS; AN OUTPOST SKIRMISH AND A WARNING

X. THE SITUATION BECOMES ACUTE

XI. MAURICE WALLION LOOKS ABOUT HIM A BIT AND MAKES A NEW ACQUAINTANCE

XII. IN WHICH WE CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE SHADOW OF NAPOLEON THE GREAT

XIII. LONA IVANOVNA ASKS A SECOND QUESTION AND GETS AN UNEXPECTED REPLY

XIV. THE STORY OF THE BERNIN FAMILY

GABRIEL ORTIZ

XV. THE STORM BURSTS

XVI. GABRIEL ORTIZ MUSTERS HIS FORCES AND COUNTS HIS PRISONERS

XVII. LEO AND SONIA DETERMINE TO STEAL A MOTOR-CAR BUT FALL INTO AN UNEXPECTED TRAP

XVIII. TARRASCHIN'S MEMORANDUM CHANGES OWNERS

XIX. WALLION SPEAKS OUT AND RASTAKOV IS BALKED OF HIS PREY

XX. IN WHICH WALLION SHOWS THAT A GREAT DEAL CAN BE DONE IN TEN MINUTES

XXI. THE END OF A GLORIOUS DREAM

Part I--The Whirlpool