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The Fifth Ace, by Douglas Grant, Illustrated
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Title: The Fifth Ace
Author: Douglas Grant
Release Date: December 17, 2007 [eBook #23885]
Language: English
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THE FIFTH ACE
by
DOUGLAS GRANT
Frontispiece by George W. Gage
[Frontispiece: "Peach of a town," he repeated with added conviction]
Grosset & Dunlap Publishers New York
Copyright, 1918, by W. J. Watt & Company
CONTENTS
I. GENTLEMAN GEOFF'S BILLIE
II. A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT
III. THE COMING OF EL NEGRITO
IV. GENTLEMAN GEOFF PASSES THE DEAL
V. A GRINGO CINDERELLA
VI. TIA JUANA'S CAULDRON COOLS
VII. ALIEN KIN
VIII. WILLA SITS IN
IX. BIRDS OF A FEATHER
X. AN ACE IN THE HOLE
XI. A CHANGE OF FRONT
XII. COALS OF FIRE
XIII. THE CHALLENGE
XIV. THE KNIGHT-ERRANT ONCE MORE
XV. GONE