THE FEVER OF LIFE

By

FERGUS HUME,

author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," "The Year of Miracle," "The Piccadilly Puzzle," "A Creature of the Night," "Monsieur Judas," "Madame Midas," Etc

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NEW YORK AND LONDON
STREET & SMITH, PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1901,
By UNITED STATES BOOK CO.
Copyright 1902.
By STREET & SMITH

CONTENTS

CHAPTER.
[I.]PINCHLER'S DOCKYARD.
[II.]WANTED, A CHAPERON.
[III.]THE WOMAN WITH THE FIERCE EYES.
[IV.]WHAT MRS. BELSWIN HAD TO SAY.
[V.]THE PRODIGAL SON.
[VI.]THE DRAGON.
[VII.]THE GARDEN OF HESPERIDES.
[VIII.]MRS. BELSWIN'S CORRESPONDENCE.
[IX.]A RUSTIC APOLLO.
[X.]A BOUDOIR CONSULTATION.
[XI.]THE ART OF DINING.
[XII.]ARS AMORIS.
[XIII.]EXIT MRS. BELSWIN.
[XIV.]SIGNOR FERRARI DECLINES.
[XV.]THE RETURN OF THE WANDERER.
[XVI.]FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED.
[XVII.]BEFORE THE STORM.
[XVIII.]FACE TO FACE.
[XIX.]THE OUTER DARKNESS.
[XX.]A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
[XXI.]ARCHIE MAKES HIS PLANS.
[XXII.]MRS. BELSWIN CONSIDERS WAYS AND MEANS.
[XXIII.]BETTER LEAVE WELL ALONE.
[XXIV.]A MEMORY OF THE PAST.
[XXV.]SILAS PLAYS HIS LITTLE GAME.
[XXVI.]VAE VICTIS.
[XXVII.]THE CASE.
[XXVIII.]WHAT MRS. BELK FOUND.
[XXIX.]DANGER.
[XXX.]CLEVER DEFENCE.
[XXXI.]A TRAGIC SITUATION.
[XXXII.]NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA.
[XXXIII.]MR. DOMBRAIN SHOWS HIS TEETH.
[XXXIV.]IN OPEN COURT.
[XXXV.]EXPIATION.
[XXXVI.]A MEMORY OF THE PAST.