Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE WORKS OF E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM MYSTERIOUS MR. SABIN McKINLAY, STONE & MACKENZIE NEW YORK _Copyright, 1905_, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. _All rights reserved_ [Illustration: "The girl's face shone like a piece of delicate statuary" (_page 37_). [_Frontispiece_.] CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. A SUPPER PARTY AT THE "MILAN" 7 II. A DRAMA OF THE PAVEMENT 13 III. THE WARNING OF FELIX 22 IV. AT THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR'S 30 V. THE DILEMMA OF WOLFENDEN 39 VI. A COMPACT OF THREE 46 VII. WHO IS MR. SABIN? 52 VIII. A MEETING IN BOND STREET 61 IX. THE SHADOWS THAT GO BEFORE 69 X. THE SECRETARY 76 XI. THE FRUIT THAT IS OF GOLD 83 XII. WOLFENDEN'S LUCK 92 XIII. A GREAT WORK 104 XIV. THE TEMPTING OF MR. BLATHERWICK 111 XV. THE COMING AND GOING OF MR. FRANKLIN WILMOT 118 XVI. GENIUS OR MADNESS? 126 XVII. THE SCHEMING OF GIANTS 132 XVIII. "HE HAS GONE TO THE EMPEROR!" 141 XIX. WOLFENDEN'S LOVE-MAKING 146 XX. FROM A DIM WORLD 155 XXI. HARCUTT'S INSPIRATION 167 XXII. FROM THE BEGINNING 177 XXIII. MR. SABIN EXPLAINS 186 XXIV. THE WAY OF THE WOMAN 193 XXV. A HANDFUL OF ASHES 199 XXVI. MR. BLATHERWICK AS ST. ANTHONY 207 XXVII. BY CHANCE OR DESIGN 213 XXVIII. A MIDNIGHT VISITOR 220 XXIX. "IT WAS MR. SABIN" 227 XXX. THE GATHERING OF THE WAR-STORM 234 XXXI. "I MAKE NO PROMISE" 242 XXXII. THE SECRET OF MR. SABIN'S NIECE 253 XXXIII. MR. SABIN TRIUMPHS 263 XXXIV. BLANCHE MERTON'S LITTLE PLOT 269 XXXV. A LITTLE GAME OF CARDS 276 XXXVI. THE MODERN RICHELIEU 287 XXXVII. FOR A GREAT STAKE 295 XXXVIII.