The Sign of the Spider

by Bertram Mitford

• CHAPTER
• [I.] "Sweet Home"
• [II.] Adam's First Wife
• [III.] "Beware Such Unholy Spells"
• [IV.] The Land of Promise
• [V.] King Scrip
• [VI.] "Pirate" Hazon
• [VII.] "The Whole Soul Prisoner ..."
• [VIII.] Dark Days
• [IX.] His Guardian Angel
• [X.] Preparation
• [XI.] "At the Twelfth Hour"
• [XII.] "The Dark Places of the Earth"
• [XIII.] The Man Hunter
• [XIV.] A Dream
• [XV.] An Awakening
• [XVI.] An Angel Unawares
• [XVII.] Dissensions
• [XVIII.] Two Perils
• [XIX.] The Sign
• [XX.] To What End!
• [XXI.] "The Strong Wind That Burns From The North"
• [XXII.] The Shadow of the Mystery
• [XXIII.] Lindela
• [XXIV.] As from the Dead
• [XXV.] His Life for His Friend
• [XXVI.] The Place of the Horror
• [XXVII.] The Horror
• [XXVIII.] "Only a Savage!"
• [XXIX.] "A Deep—a Solitary Grave"
• [XXX.] "Good-bye, my Ideal!"
• [XXXI.] Conclusion

ILLUSTRATIONS

• ["DON'T FIRE THIS WAY ... KEEP THE FOOLS IN HAND."] Frontispiece
• ["BEWARE OF SUCH UNHOLY SPELLS," SHE REPLIED.]
• [STUMBLING, LEAPING, FLYING OVER THE DEFENCES THEY COME.]
• ["I AM DYING, BELOVED—AND SHALL SOON GO INTO THE DARK UNKNOWN."]

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THE SIGN OF THE SPIDER.

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CHAPTER I.

"SWEET HOME!"

She was talking at him.