A Dream of Empire; Or, The House of Blennerhassett

by William Henry Venable

A DREAM OF EMPIRE Or THE HOUSE OF BLENNERHASSETT By WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE AUTHOR OF "A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES," "JOHN HANCOCK, EDUCATOR," &c. New York DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY MDCCCCI

A DREAM OF EMPIRE Or THE HOUSE OF BLENNERHASSETT By WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE AUTHOR OF "A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES," "JOHN HANCOCK, EDUCATOR," &c.

New York DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY MDCCCCI

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Copyright, 1901,
By Dodd, Mead and Company.

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TO
EMERSON VENABLE

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Contents

I.	AN ECCENTRIC VISITOR.	[1]
II.	A NOTED CHARACTER ARRIVES IN PITTSBURG.	[16]
III.	PILLARS OF SMOKE.	[28]
IV.	PLUTARCH BYLE MAKES A NEW ACQUAINTANCE.	[39]
V.	IN THE LADIES' BOWER.	[45]
VI.	DOCTOR DEVILLE AND HIS LUCRECE.	[62]
VII.	CONSPIRACY.	[71]
VIII.	DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.	[82]
IX.	DON'T FORGET THE BITTERS.	[97]
X.	"NOW TO MY CHARMS AND TO MY WILY TRAINS."	[118]
XI.	PALAFOX GROWS INSOLENT.	[127]
XII.	SNARING A PHILOSOPHER.	[137]
XIII.	THE ENCHANTED GROUND.	[150]
XIV.	A LARGESS OF CORONETS.	[169]
XV.	THERE BE LAND RATS AND WATER RATS.	[181]
XVI.	A PATRIOT NOT TO BE TAMPERED WITH.	[193]
XVII.	THE BUSY NOTE OF PREPARATION.	[205]
XVIII.	THE VOYAGE OF THE BUCKEYE.	[218]
XIX.	ARLINGTON'S RIDE.	[234]
XX.	MOSTLY LOVE MATTERS.	[247]
XXI.	PRO AND CON.	[262]
XXII.	NOT A TRUE BILL.	[269]
XXIII.	THE FATAL CIPHER.	[278]
XXIV.	THE MIDNIGHT DEPARTURE.	[286]
XXV.	HEROINE AND HERO.	[297]
XXVI.	OUT OF THE NET INTO THE TRAP.	[312]
XXVII.	FLIGHT AND SURRENDER.	[326]
XXVIII.	WHAT BECAME OF THEM.	[333]

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