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. By Little, Brown, and Company. I heard him mutter in French: “The symbol! Then it is she!” Frontispiece. See p. 16 CONTENTS Chapter Page The Mysterious Foreigner The Savage Club Dinner The Blood-stained Portrait The River Steps The Mystery thickens Murder Most Foul A Red-haired Woman A Timely Warning