THAT AFFAIR AT ELIZABETH BY BURTON E. STEVENSON AUTHOR OF "THE MARATHON MYSTERY," "THE HOLLADAY CASE," ETC. NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 1907 Copyright, 1907, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY Copyright Published October, 1907 THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS RAHWAY, N. J. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. An Urgent Summons CHAPTER II. A Bride's Vagary CHAPTER III. The Lover's Story CHAPTER IV. A Strange Message CHAPTER V. Deeper in the Maze CHAPTER VI. An Astonishing Request CHAPTER VII. Tangled Threads CHAPTER VIII. The Path through the Grove CHAPTER IX. The Old Sorrow CHAPTER X. The Mysterious Light CHAPTER XI. An Old Acquaintance CHAPTER XII. Word from the Fugitive CHAPTER XIII. Pursuit CHAPTER XIV. Recalled to the Front CHAPTER XV. A Battle of Wits CHAPTER XVI. The Secret of the Cellar CHAPTER XVII. A Tragedy Unforeseen CHAPTER XVIII. A New Turn to the Puzzle CHAPTER XIX. Under Suspicion CHAPTER XX. An Appeal for Advice CHAPTER XXI. Cross-Purposes CHAPTER XXII. Light at Last! CHAPTER XXIII. The Story CHAPTER XXIV. The Secret CHAPTER XXV. The Revelation CHAPTER XXVI. The Return CHAPTER XXVII. The Curtain Lifts BY BURTON E. STEVENSON BOOKS BY MAY SINCLAIR BOOKS BY WILLIAM DE MORGAN OTHER BOOKS An Urgent Summons A Bride's Vagary The Lover's Story A Strange Message