Part 1

THE LION'S MOUSE

C. N. & A. M. WILLIAMSON

Frontispiece By Harry Stacey Benton

Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company 1919

Copyright, 1919, by C. N. & A. M. Williamson All Rights Reserved, Including That of Translation into Foreign Languages, Including the Scandinavian

'Oh, do help me!' she said.]

CONTENTS

I. THE LION

II. THE NET

III. THE MOUSE

IV. THE MURMUR OF THE STORM

V. ON THE WAY TO THE CAR

VI. THE PARCEL WITH THE GOLD SEALS

VII. THE QUEEN'S PEARLS

VIII. BEVERLEY TALKS

IX. THE BLUFF THAT FAILED

X. THE BLUFF THAT WON

XI. O'REILLY'S WAISTCOAT POCKET

XII. THE HORIZONTAL PANEL

XIII. "THERE CAN BE NO BARGAIN"

XIV. THE STONE COPING

XV. THE NUMBER SEVENTEEN

XVI. A QUOTATION FROM SHAKESPEARE

XVII. THE MYSTERY OF THE BOUDOIR

XVIII. DEFEAT

XIX. THE BROWN TRUNK

XX. MURDER

XXI. "KIT!"