Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

Duplication of each chapter heading on a full page before each chapter has been removed.

“HE HEAR ALL DE SECRETS ER DER CREEPIN’ THINGS”
[p. 8]

DEVIL
TALES

BY
Virginia Frazer Boyle

ILLUSTRATED BY
A. B. FROST

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS
PUBLISHERS

MCM

Copyright, 1900, by Harper & Brothers:
All rights reserved.

TO
ELLEN