Captains of souls

By EDGAR WALLACE
A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York
Printed in U. S. A.
Copyright, 1922 BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY (Incorporated)
Printed in the United States of America
Dedicated to Tookie
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Captains of Souls

Beryl Merville wrote:
Dear Ronnie : We are back from Italy, arriving this afternoon. Daddy thought you would be there to meet us, and I was so disappointed to find nobody but Mr. Steppe. Oh, yes! I know that he is a most important person, and his importance was supported by his new car; such an impressive treasure, with a collapsible writing-table and cigar-lighter and library—actually a library in a cunning little locker under one of the seats. I just glanced at them.
I am a little afraid of Mr. Steppe, yet he was kindness itself, and that bull voice of his, bellowing orders to porters and chauffeur and railway policemen was comforting in a way. Daddy is a little plaintive on such occasions.