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The Daughter of a Magnate, by Frank H.
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Title: The Daughter of a Magnate
Author: Frank H. Spearman
Release Date: February 26, 2008 [eBook #24696]
Language: English
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THE DAUGHTER OF A MAGNATE
by
FRANK H. SPEARMAN
Author of Whispering Smith, Doctor Bryson, Etc.
[Frontispiece: Gertrude used her glass constantly.]
Grosset & Dunlap Publishers : : New York
Copyright, 1903, by Charles Scribner's Sons
Published, October, 1903
To
WESLEY HAMILTON PECK, M.D.
CONTENTS
I. A JUNE WATER
II. AN ERROR AT HEADQUARTERS
III. INTO THE MOUNTAINS
IV. AS THE DESPATCHER SAW
V. AN EMERGENCY CALL
VI. THE CAT AND THE RAT
VII. TIME BEING MONEY
VIII. SPLITTING THE PAW
IX. A TRUCE
X. AND A SHOCK
XI. IN THE LALLA ROOKH
XII. A SLIP ON A SPECI