_Episcopate_-- THE ARCHBISHOP OF LONDON (NEW PROVINCE) _Royal Navy_-- VICE-ADMIRAL SIR LAMBERT MEADE, K.C.B. _Judges and Magistrates_-- LORD MALVERN, L.C.J.; MR JUSTICE BARLING; MR HARROWDEN _Counsel_-- MR DUFFUS JACOBS, K.C.; MR BRILL, K.C.; MR DAWSON DALTON _Medical Faculty_-- DR WILSON WAKE THE LEAGUERS OF LONDON, POLICE, THE UNEMPLOYED, ETC. [_Dramatic Rights secured_] CONTENTS PAGE PROLOGUE: PART I.--A HERITAGE OF HATE 9 PART II.--RIVALS IN LOVE 17 CHAPTERS I. LONDON IN 1910 21 II. AT THE NEW BAILEY 29 III. THE LEAGUERS’ FIRST MOVE 36 IV. THE CASE THAT FAILED 46 V. THE LEAGUERS’ SECOND MOVE 54 VI. THE MURDER OF DR GRADY 61 VII. LOVE ON THE LEAS 69 VIII. SIR JOHN BREAKS DOWN 77 IX. FATHER FRANCIS AT FOLKESTONE 85 X. MARCUS WHITE RETURNS 97 XI. THE SIGN OF THE SPIDER 105 XII. THE “EPOCH” RUNS AMOK 115 XIII. THE STRANGE OUTBREAK AT QUEEN’S HALL 125 XIV. BILLY OF MAYFAIR 132 XV. THE SHRINE OF LUXURY AND PRIDE 142 XVI. THE MANIA THAT LAID HOLD OF LONDON 152 XVII. THE GREAT FIRE IN HYDE PARK 160 XVIII. ALDWYTH ASKS A QUESTION 171 XIX. THE LORD MAYOR READS THE RIOT ACT 178 XX. THE LEAGUERS AT THE HOME OFFICE 189 XXI. THE DEVIL’S OWN ON THE DEFENSIVE 198 XXII. THE BOMB BRIGADE 208 XXIII. THE CRANKS’ CORNER 216 XXIV. THE LOWER CRITIC 222 XXV. MARCUS WHITE GIVES ORDERS 231 XXVI. THE CAPTURE OF THE JUDGES 239 XXVII. THE BLACK CHRISTMAS 251 XXVIII. IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE 260 XXIX. BILLY’S MESSAGE 266 XXX. THE FATE OF PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD 276 XXXI. THE NAVAL BATTLE OFF PLYMOUTH 285 XXXII. MARCUS WHITE AND THE MOB 296 XXXIII. THE FOREIGN SECRETARY 306 XXXIV. THE EAGLE IN THE LION’S JAWS 314