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THE DESTROYING ANGEL
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "The Bandbox," "Cynthiaof the Minute," Etc.
WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
BY ARTHUR I. KELLER
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
Copyright, 1912,
By Louis Joseph Vance.
All rights reserved, including those of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian.
Published, October, 1912.
TO
ROBERT HOBART DAVIS
Whitaker's jaw dropped and his eyes widened with wonder and pity
CONTENTS
I. Doom
II. The Last Straw
III. "Mrs. Morten"
IV. Mrs. Whitaker
V. Wilful Missing
VI. Curtain
VII. The Late Extra
VIII. A History
IX. Entr'acte
X. The Window
XI. The Spy
XII. The Mouse-Trap
XIII. Offshore
XIV. Débâcle
XV. Disclosures
XVI. The Beacon
XVII. Discovery
XVIII. Blight
XIX. Capitulation
XX. ...