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Title: The Red Symbol

Author: John Ironside

Illustrator: F. C. Yohn

Release Date: April 1, 2010 [EBook #31860]

Language: English

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THE

RED SYMBOL

BY

JOHN IRONSIDE

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
F. C. YOHN

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1910

_Copyright, 1909, 1910_,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved._

Published, April, 1910

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

[Illustration: _I heard him mutter in French: "The symbol! Then it is
she!"_ FRONTISPIECE. See p. 16]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE MYSTERIOUS FOREIGNER 1
II. THE SAVAGE CLUB DINNER 9
III. THE BLOOD-STAINED PORTRAIT 17
IV. THE RIVER STEPS 26
V. THE MYSTERY THICKENS 33
VI. "MURDER MOST FOUL" 41
VII. A RED-HAIRED WOMAN 48
VIII. A TIMELY WARNING 55
IX. NOT AT BERLIN 62
X. DISQUIETING NEWS 68
XI. "LA MORT OU LA VIE!" 74
XII. THE WRECKED TRAIN 82
XIII. THE GRAND DUKE LORIS 89
XIV. A CRY FOR HELP 96
XV. AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE 103
XVI. UNDER SURVEILLANCE 110
XVII. THE DROSHKY DRIVER 115
XVIII. THROUGH THE STORM 122
XIX. NIGHT IN THE FOREST 128
XX. THE TRIBUNAL 133
XXI. A FORLORN HOPE