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The Saintsbury Affair






[Frontispiece: _As I came up, emptied a chatelaine purse upon
Barney's tray_. FRONTISPIECE. _See page 23_.]






THE SAINTSBURY AFFAIR

By
ROMAN DOUBLEDAY
Author of "The Hemlock Avenue Mystery,"
"The Red House on Rowan Street," etc.


With Illustrations by
J. V. McFall



BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1912






_Copyright, 1911, 1912_,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
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_All rights reserved_



Published, February, 1912




_Electrotyped and Printed by
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. B. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A._





Contents

CHAPTER
       I. The Beginning of the Tangle.
      II. Two Lovely Ladies.
     III. The Unexpected Happens.
      IV. Crossed Wires.
       V. Bertillon Methods and Some Others.
      VI. The Frat Supper.
     VII. Chiefly Gossip.
    VIII. Some of Jean's Ways.
      IX. A Gleam of Light.
       X. Ways That Are Dark.
      XI. The Simmering Samovar.
     XII. On the Trail of Diavolo.
    XIII. The Samovar Explodes.
     XIV. Tangled Heart-Strings.
      XV. The Outlaw.
     XVI. The Gift-Bond.
    XVII. A Voice from the Past.
   XVIII. A Rescue.
     XIX. Cards on the Table.
      XX. The Ultimate Discovery.






Illustrations
AS I CAME UP, HIS LISTENER EMPTIED A
   CHATELAINE PURSE