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A Bid for Fortune, by Guy Boothby
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Title: A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta
Author: Guy Boothby
Release Date: May 29, 2007 [EBook #21640]
Language: English
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A BID FOR FORTUNE
DR. NIKOLA'S VENDETTA
By GUY BOOTHBY
Author of "Dr. Nikola," "The Beautiful White Devil," etc., etc.
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO 1918
[Illustration: "Again she turned her face from me."]
CONTENTS.
Part I.
* PROLOGUE--Dr. Nikola
* CHAPTER I. I determine to take a Holiday,--Sydney, and what Befel me there
* CHAPTER II. London
* CHAPTER III. I Visit my Relations
* CHAPTER IV. I Save an Important Life
* CHAPTER V. Mystery
* CHAPTER VI. I Meet Dr. Nikola again
* CHAPTER VII. Port Said, and what Befel us there
* CHAPTER VIII. Our Imprisonment and Attempt at Escape
* CHAPTER IX. Dr. Nikola permits us a Free Passage