COUNT ZARKA
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The Fall of a Star
The Pride of Life
The Heiress of the Season
The Man-Trap
The Red Chancellor
The Man of the Hour
“In a moment their light rapiers had touched.” (Page 235.)
COUNT ZARKA
A Romance
BY
SIR WILLIAM MAGNAY, Bart
AUTHOR OF “THE RED CHANCELLOR” “THE MAN OF THE HOUR”
“THE FALL OF A STAR” “THE HEIRESS OF THE SEASON” ETC.
FRONTISPIECE BY MAURICE GREIFFENHAGEN
LONDON
WARD LOCK AND CO LIMITED
NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE
1903
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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Man on the Roan Horse | 7 |
| II | A Chance Shot | 24 |
| III | A Momentous Meeting | 39 |
| IV | The Unaccountable | 50 |
| V | The Mystery of Rozsnyo | 60 |
| VI | Zarka Plays Terrorist | 67 |
| VII | The Castle by Day | 78 |
| VIII | A Tell-tale Light | 89 |
| IX | Zarka on the Alert | 97 |
| X | Who is this Man? | 105 |
| XI | A Strange Preserver | 116 |
| XII | After the Peril | 124 |