By GUY THORNE
——
When It Was Dark
The Story of a Great Conspiracy
12o (By mail, $1.35) Net, $1.20
A Lost Cause
12o $1.50
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G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
New York and London
THE SOCIALIST
BY GUY THORNE
AUTHOR OF "WHEN IT WAS DARK," ETC
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1909
Copyright, 1909
BY
WARD, LOCK AND COMPANY
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
TO
JOHN GILBERT BOHUN LYNCH
Souvenir of February 8th, 1909
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I | |
|---|---|
| CONCERNING HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF PADDINGTON | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| "HAIR LIKE RIPE CORN" | 18 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| A MOST SURPRISING DAY | 28 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| THE MAN WITH THE MUSTARD-COLOURED BEARD | 43 |
| CHAPTER V | |
| "TO INAUGURATE A REVOLUTION!" | 56 |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| THE GREAT NEW PLAN | 68 |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| KIDNAPPING UPON SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES | 80 |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| "IN CELLAR COOL!" | 92 |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| MARY MARRIOTT'S INITIATION | 103 |
| [Pg vi] | |
| CHAPTER X | |
| NEWS ARRIVES AT OXFORD | 115 |
| CHAPTER XI | |
| THE DISCOVERY | 126 |
| CHAPTER XII | |