"HE SAW A DULL HEAVY SMOKE ARISE TO THE CEILING." [[Page 171.]]
A MODERN ALADDIN
OR, THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES
OF OLIVER MUNIER
An Extravaganza in Four Acts
By HOWARD PYLE
AUTHOR OF "PEPPER AND SALT" ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
1892
Copyright, 1891, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
[ILLUSTRATIONS.]
| "HE SAW A DULL HEAVY SMOKE ARISE TO THE CEILING" | [Frontispiece] |
| "HE WAS A TALL, DARK GENTLEMAN, DRESSED IN BLACK FROM HEAD TO FOOT" | To face page [8] |
| "'I AM THY UNCLE,' SAID THE STRANGE GENTLEMAN" | " " [12] |
| "AT THAT MOMENT SHE LOOKED UP" | " " [18] |
| "HE SUDDENLY BEGAN AN UNCOUTH, GROTESQUE DANCE" | " " [22] |
| "HE LIGHTED A MATCH AND DROPPED IT INTO THE VASE" | " " [30] |
| "OLIVER GAVE A PIPING CRY" | " " [36] |
| "AT THE OPEN DOOR-WAY STOOD GASPARD AND HIS MASTER" | " " [42] |
| "CREEPING CAUTIOUSLY FORWARD, OLIVER CAME TO THE CHIMNEY-PIECE" | " " [46] |
| "'GOOD-DAY, MONSIEUR,' SAID A FAMILIAR VOICE" | " " [56] |
| "THE QUESTION WAS SO SUDDEN AND SO STARTLING THAT OLIVER SANK BACK IN HIS SEAT" | " " [58] |
| "SUCH WAS THE WORKSHOP IN WHICH THE TWO LABORED TOGETHER" | " " [70] |
| "THEY SAW ARNOLD DE VILLENEUVE, THE GREAT MASTER, UPON THE FLOOR" | " " [74] |
| "SHE HELD THE BOOK IN THE FLAMES WHILE TALKING, HER EYES FIXED INTENTLY UPON IT" | " " [84] |
| "HE LEANED OVER AND LOOKED INTO HER FACE" | " " [86] |
| "AND STRIPPED THE FALSE BODY OFF OF HIM AS YOU MIGHT STRIP OFF A MAN'S COAT" | " " [94] |
| "HE SAW WITHIN AN OVAL MIRROR SET IN A HEAVY FRAME OF COPPER" | " " [98] |
| "THE INNKEEPER SERVED HIM IN PERSON" | " " [102] |
| "'MAD!' SAID OLIVER, 'WHY AM I MAD?'" | " " [110] |
| "HE IS CLAD IN A LOOSE DRESSING-ROBE OF FIGURED CLOTH, AND LIES IN BED READING HIS BOOK" | " " [114] |
| "OLIVER SPREAD OUT THE GEMS UPON THE TABLE WITH HIS HAND" | " " [124] |
| "ENTER OLIVER AND MADEMOISELLE CÉLESTE" | " " [130] |
| "'DO YOU KNOW,' SAID THE MARQUIS, 'WHAT A THING IT IS THAT YOU ASK?'" | " " [136] |
| "HE SANK ON HIS KNEES BESIDE HER" | " " [140] |
| "SHE DREW HER DOWN UNTIL THE GIRL KNEELED UPON THE FLOOR BESIDE HER" | " " [146] |
| "'MONSIEUR THE COUNT DE ST. GERMAINE!'" | " " [148] |
| "THE COUNT DE ST. GERMAINE, WITHOUT REMOVING HIS EYES FROM HIS VICTIM, TOOK ANOTHER DEEP, LUXURIOUS PINCH OF SNUFF" | " " [152] |
| "OLIVER FIXED HIS GAZE UPON THE SMOOTH, BRILLIANT SURFACE OF THE GLASS" | " " [166] |
| "THEY BEHELD THEIR MASTER LYING UPON HIS FACE UNDER THE TABLE" | " " [176] |
| "SUDDENLY SOME ONE TOUCHED OLIVER SLIGHTLY UPON THE SHOULDER" | " " [178] |
| "'CÉLESTE!' BREATHED OLIVER THROUGH THE CRACK OF THE DOOR" | " " [186] |
| "HE FOUND IN HIS CLINCHED HAND A LACE CRAVAT" | " " [194] |
| "OVER HIS SHOULDERS HE CARRIED SOMETHING LIMP, LIKE AN EMPTY SKIN, OR A BUNDLE OF CLOTHES TIED TOGETHER" | " " [198] |
A MODERN ALADDIN;
OR,
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF OLIVER MUNIER.
An Extravaganza in Four Acts.
A MODERN ALADDIN.