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Title: The International Spy
Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War

Author: Allen Upward

Release Date: November 16, 2009 [EBook #30482]

Language: English

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The

International Spy

BEING THE SECRET HISTORY
OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

BY

ALLEN UPWARD

("_Monsieur A. V._")

AUTHOR OF "UNDERGROUND HISTORY," ETC.

M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY

CHICAGO NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1904, 1905, BY

THE PEARSON PUBLISHING CO.

COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY

G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY.

_Entered at Stationers' Hall._

The International Spy.

Made in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

PROLOGUE--THE TWO EMPRESSES 9

I. THE INSTRUCTIONS OF MONSIEUR V---- 17

II. THE PRINCESS Y----'S HINT 24

III. THE HEAD OF THE MANCHURIAN SYNDICATE 36

IV. THE CZAR'S AUTOGRAPH 45

V. A DINNER WITH THE ENEMY 54

VI. DRUGGED AND KIDNAPPED 63

VII. THE RACE FOR SIBERIA 71

VIII. THE CZAR'S MESSAGE 76

IX. THE BETROTHAL OF DELILAH 87

X. THE ANSWER OF THE MIKADO 96

XI. WHO SMOKED THE GREGORIDES BRAND 107

XII. THE SECRET SERVICE OF JAPAN 113

XIII. HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS 123

XIV. THE SUBMARINE MINE 130

XV. THE ADVISOR OF NICHOLAS II 139

XVI. A STRANGE CONFESSION 145

XVII. A SUPERNATURAL INCIDENT 159

XVIII. THE MYSTERY OF A WOMAN 169

XIX. THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY 180

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