THE MYSTERY OF THE HASTY ARROW

By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

Author of "The Chief Legatee," "That Affair Next Door," "A Strange Disappearance," Etc.

WITH FRONTISPIECE
By H. R. BALLINGER

A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York

Published by Arrangement with Dodd, Mead & Company
Copyright, 1917,
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.

MADE IN U.S.A.

"Do not by any show of curiosity endanger her recovery. I would not have her body or mind sacrificed on any account."

CONTENTS

BOOK I—A PROBLEM OF THE FIRST ORDER

I--"Let Some One Speak!"
II--In Room B
III--"I Have Something to Show You"
IV--A Strategic Move
V--Three Where Two Should Be
VI--The Man in the Gallery
VII--"You Think that of Me!"

BOOK II—MR. X

VIII--On the Search
IX--While the City Slept
X--"And He Stood Here?"
XI--Footsteps
XII--"Spare Nobody! I Say, Spare Nobody!"
XIII--"Write Me His Name"
XIV--A Loop of Silk
XV--News from France

BOOK III—STORM IN THE MOUNTAINS

XVI--Friends
XVII--The Cuckoo-Clock
XVIII--Mrs. Davis' Strange Lodger
XIX--Mr. Gryce and the Timid Child
XX--Mr. Gryce and the Unwary Woman
XXI--Perplexed
XXII--He Remembers
XXIII--Girls, Girls! Nothing but Girls!
XXIV--Flight
XXV--Terror
XXVI--The Face in the Window

BOOK IV—NEMESIS

XXVII--From Lips Long Silent
XXVIII--"Romantic! Too Romantic!"
XXIX--A Strong Man
XXX--The Creeping Shadow
XXXI--Confronted
XXXII--"Why Is that Here?"
XXXIII--Again the Cuckoo-Clock
XXXIV--The Bud—Then the Deadly Flower