Title The Avenger
Author Edward Phillips Oppenheim
Illustrator Alec Ball
Year 1908
Publisher Little, Brown, and Company
Location Boston
Source djvu
Progress To be proofread
Transclusion Index not transcluded or unreviewed

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
A Mysterious Visitor
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1
II.
The Horror of the Hansom
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9
III.
Discussing the Crime
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
15
IV.
Under a Cloud
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
24
V.
On the Telephone
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
28
VI.
One Thousand Pounds' Reward
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36
VII.
The Colonel's Daughter
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42
VIII.
The Baroness Intervenes
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
50
IX.
A Box at the Alhambra
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57
X.
Outcast
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
64
XI.
False Sentiment
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
71
XII.
Tidings From the Cape
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79
XIII.
Searching the Chambers
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
86
XIV.
The Dead Man's Brother
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
92
XV.
The Lawyer's Suggestion
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
100
XVI.
A Dinner in the Strand
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
108
XVII.
A Confession of Love
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
117
XVIII.
An Amateur Detective
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
124
XIX.
Desperate Wooing
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
129
XX.
Stabbed through the Heart
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136
XXI.
The Flight of Louise
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143
XXII.
The Château of Étarpe
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150
XXIII.
A Passionate Pilgrim
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
157
XXIV.
An Invitation to Dinner
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163
XXV.
The Man in the Yellow Boots
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171
XXVI.
Madame De Melbain
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179
XXVII.
The Spy
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186
XXVIII.
The Scene in the Avenue
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193
XXIX.
A Substantial Ghost
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
199
XXX.
The Queen of Mexonia
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206
XXXI.
Returned From the Tomb
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213
XXXII.
At the Hôtel Splendide
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220
XXXIII.
A Hand in the Game
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
227
XXXIV.
An Ill-Assorted Couple
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234
XXXV.
His Wife
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
242
XXXVI.
The Murdered Man's Effects
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249
XXXVII.
The Widow's Ultimatum
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
256
XXXVIII.
Ineffectual Wooing
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
265
XXXIX.
The Colonel's Mission
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
271
XL.
Blackmail
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278
XLI.
The Colonel Speaks
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284
XLII.
Love Remains
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293