E-text prepared by Darleen Dove, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) THE PURSUIT BY FRANK SAVILE Author of "Beyond the Great South Wall," etc. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HERMAN PFEIFER BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1910 Copyright, 1909, 1910, By Little, Brown, and Company. By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved Published, June, 1910 THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. "I know now that you are a gentleman," she said simply CONTENTS CHAPTER I. The Lady of the Pier CHAPTER II. At the Tent Club CHAPTER III. The Shadow of a Name CHAPTER IV. Despard Explains CHAPTER V. Mr. Miller CHAPTER VI. Landon's New Profession CHAPTER VII. Villa Eulalia CHAPTER VIII. The First Trick is Lost CHAPTER IX. Aylmer is Explicit CHAPTER X. By Favor of the Fog CHAPTER XI. Rattier Loses his Calm CHAPTER XII. The Ambush of the Broom CHAPTER XIII. The Trap CHAPTER XIV. One Side of a Bargain CHAPTER XV. Perinaud's News CHAPTER XVI. At Melilla CHAPTER XVII. Muhammed Scores Twice CHAPTER XVIII. The Santa Margarita's Lazaret CHAPTER XIX. Miller is Still Imperturbable CHAPTER XX. Aylmer Climbs—and Falls CHAPTER XXI. Fate Stays her Hand CHAPTER XXII. The Prison CHAPTER XXIII. Padre Sigismondi CHAPTER XXIV. Luigi's Hospitality CHAPTER XXV. Fate's Final Word CHAPTER XXVI. Dawn Comes CHAPTER XXVII. Shadows Go CHAPTER XXVIII. Fate Smiles at Last By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM By ANTHONY PARTRIDGE By JOHN IRONSIDE By MRS. CHARLES N. CREWDSON The Lady of the Pier