Author of "The Filigree Ball," "The Leavenworth Case," Etc.
A. L. Burt Company,
Publishers, New York
Copyright 1905
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
January
Press of
Braunworth & Co.
Bookbinders and Printers
Brooklyn, N. Y.
[Illustration: "HUSH! THERE IS NO DOUBT ON THAT TOPIC; THE CHILD IS
DEAD. LET THAT BE UNDERSTOOD BETWEEN US." ]