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A Splendid Hazard, by Harold MacGrath
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Title: A Splendid Hazard
Author: Harold MacGrath
Release Date: April 20, 2005 [EBook #15671]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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SPLENDID HAZARD
By
HAROLD MACGRATH
AUTHOR OF
THE GOOSE GIRL, THE LURE OF THE MASK, THE MAN ON THE BOX, ETC.
With Illustrations by
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY
[Transcriber's note: All illustrations were missing from book.]
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT 1910
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
CONTENTS
I A MEMORABLE DATE
II THE BUTTERFLY MAN
III A PLASTER STATUETTE
IV PIRATES AND SECRETARIES
V NO FALSE PRETENSES
VI SOME EXPLANATIONS
VII A BIT OF ROMANTIC HISTORY
VIII SOME BIRDS IN A CHIMNEY
IX THEY DRESS FOR DINNER
X THE GHOST OF AN OLD REGIME
XI PREPARATIONS AND COGITATIONS
XII M. FERRAUD INTRODUCES HIMSELF
XIII THE WOMAN WHO KNEW
XIV THE DRAMA BEGINS
XV THEY GO A-SAILING
XVI CROSS-PURPOSES
XVII A QUESTION PROM KEATS
XVIII CATHEWE ADVISES AND THE ADMIRAL DISCLOSES
XIX BREITMANN MAKES HIS F