The Playground of Satan

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THE Playground of Satan
BY BEATRICE BASKERVILLE
AUTHOR OF Baldwin's Kingdom, When Summer Comes Again, Their Yesterday, The Polish Jew, English Translation Of Gogol's Taras Bulba, Etc.
NEW YORK W. J. WATT & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1918, BY W. J. WATT & COMPANY
TO Janina Korsakova WITH LOVE
Rome , 1917
THE PLAYGROUND OF SATAN
Ian went into his mother's sitting-room, carrying an open telegram.
Roman Skarbek has wired for horses to meet the express from Posen, he remarked. He says it's important business.
As Countess Natalie looked up from her letter--she wrote hundreds a year--her hazel eyes twinkled with a mischievous thought.