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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
    XV