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  MR. MARX'S SECRET

  by

  E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

  Author of "Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo," "The Double Traitor,""The Illustrious Prince," etc.

  With frontispiece by F. Vaux Wilson

  BostonLittle, Brown, and Company1916

  Published, January, 1916Reprinted, January, 1916 (twice)February, 1916

  PrintersS. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U.S.A.

  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER PAGE I.--News from the Pacific 11 II.--Mr. Francis 15 III.--The Murder at the Slate-Pits 18 IV.--My Mother's Warning 23 V.--Ravenor of Ravenor 27 VI.--A Doubtful Visitor 39 VII.--A Meeting and a Metamorphosis 43 VIII.--An Abode of Mystery 49 IX.--Mr. Marx 58 X.--Lady Silchester 65 XI.--The Cry in the Avenue 70 XII.--A Dark Corner in the Avenue 76 XIII.--The Cloud Between Us 81 XIV.--A Meeting in the Coffee-Room 85 XV.--A Tete-a-tete Dinner 89 XVI.--Miss Mabel Fay 93 XVII.--Behind the Scenes at the Torchester Theatre 98 XVIII.--At Midnight on the Moor 103 XIX.--A Strange Attack 111 XX.--The Monastery Among the Hills 115 XXI.--A Message from the Dead 124 XXII.--For Life 127 XXIII.--My Guardian 135 XXIV.--My First Dinner Party 138 XXV.--Mr. Marx's Warning 144 XXVI.--A Lost Photograph 148 XXVII.--Leonard de Cartienne 157 XXVIII.--"As Rome Does" 164 XXIX.--A Dinner Party Sub-rosa 169 XXX.--Ecarte with Mr. Fothergill 174 XXXI.--A Startling Discovery 182 XXXII.--Forestalled 190 XXXIII.--A Gleam of Light 195 XXXIV.--Dr. Schofield's Opinion 199 XXXV.--An Invitation 204 XXXVI.--A Metamorphosis 209 XXXVII.--Mr. Marx is Wanted 218 XXXVIII.--I Accept a Mission 223 XXXIX.--My Ride 225 XL.--My Mission 229 XLI.--The Count de Cartienne 232 XLII.--News of Mr. Marx 240 XLIII.--About Town 246 XLIV.--A Midnight Excursion to the Suburbs 252 XLV.--A Mysterious Commission 258 XLVI.--A Brush with the Police 261 XLVII.--Light at Last 264 XLVIII.--A Page of History 269 XLIX.--I will Go Alone 278 L.--I Meet my Father 280 LI.--Dawn 284 LII.--Where is Mr. Marx? 287 LIII.--Messrs. Higgenson and Co. 293 LIV.--A Raid 299 LV.--The Mystery of Mr. Marx 304 LVI.--The End of It 308

  MR. MARX'S SECRET