Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive. IN JEOPARDY BOOKS BY VAN TASSEL SUTPHEN * * * * * IN JEOPARDY THE CARDINAL'S ROSE * * * * * HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers Established 1817 IN JEOPARDY _By_ Van Tassel Sutphen _Author of_ "The Cardinal's Rose," Etc. HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON Copyright, 1922 By Harper & Brothers CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. I FIND SOME NEW RELATIONS 3 II. THE SETTING OF THE STAGE 25 III. HILDEBRAND OF THE "HUNDRED" 40 IV. SOME HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS 54 V. THE MISSING LINK 68 VI. "MADAME COLETTE MARINETTE" 83 VII. THE WHISPERING GALLERY 99 VIII. ADVENTURING ON "SUGAR LOAF" 106 IX. 1-4-2-4-8 127 X. I RECEIVE AN ULTIMATUM 138 XI. THE RIDER OF THE BLACK HORSE 157 XII. SAFE FIND, SAFE BIND 171 XIII. LE CHIFFRE INDÉCHIFFRABLE 180 XIV. ANOTHER BREAK IN THE CIRCLE 192 XV. ONE CORNER OF THE VEIL 202 XVI. AD INTERIM 211 XVII. THE MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S BALL 217 XVIII. I BREAK A PROMISE 225 XIX. THE SEAT PERILOUS 235 XX. THE BLIND TERROR 255 XXI. A LOST CLUE 265 XXII. THE GRAPES OF WRATH 281 XXIII. THE END OF THE COIL 289 Chapter I _I Find Some New Relations_ The letter which lay before me had been written in old-fashioned longhand on the business stationery of the law firm of Eldon & Crawford, their given address being Calverton, Maryland. For the third time I read over the missive, although certainly it was short and to the point, its meaning unmistakable. But judge for yourself. CALVERTON, MARYLAND, _June 22, 1919._ MY DEAR SIR,--The funeral services for the late Francis Hildebrand Graeme Esqre., of "Hildebrand Hundred," King William County, Maryland, will be held at S. Saviour's Church, Guildford Corners, Maryland, on Thursday, June 24, 1919, at three o'clock post meridian.