LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


A young girl sitting on a low stool by the window mending a rent in her
skirt (_Frontispiece_)

"I cut them letters there fifteen years ago. Now I'm to cut 'em out"

"A slight, dark form steals from the shadows and lays a hand on the
stooping man's shoulder"

"Cormorants!" escaped his lips. "They look for a feast of death, but they
will be disappointed"




[Illustration: Facsimile Page of Manuscript from THE LEAVENWORTH CASE

"Yes, sir,"

Might even have entered
his room late at night,
crossed it and stood at his
side, without disturbing him
sufficiently to cause him to
turn his head?

"Yes," her hands pressing
themselves painfully together.