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Max, by Katherine Cecil Thurston
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Title: Max
Author: Katherine Cecil Thurston
Release Date: November 15, 2004 [EBook #14054]
Language: English
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[Illustration: "I HAVE WAITED ALL MY LIFE FOR THIS"]
MAX
A NOVEL
BY KATHERINE CECIL THURSTON
AUTHOR OF "THE MASQUERADER" "THE GAMBLER" ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK CRAIG
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMX
Published September, 1910.
ILLUSTRATIONS
"I HAVE WAITED ALL MY LIFE FOR THIS"
STANDING AGAIN IN THE OUTER COURT OF A HOUSE IN PETERSBURG
TWO SOULS, DRAWN TOGETHER, TOUCHED IN A FIRST SUBTLE FUSION
"WHY, BOY, THIS IS CLEVER--CLEVER--CLEVER!"
THE IMPRESSION OF A MYSTERY FLOWED BACK UPON HIM
"LOOK! THIS IS WHAT I SHALL DO. THIS!"
THE COMPLETE SEMBLANCE OF THE WOMAN
"C'EST LA VIE! L'ETERNELLE, LA TOUTE-PUISSANTE VIE!"
PART I
MAX
CHAPTER I
A night journey is essentia