"THERE PLASHED ACROSS HER FACE A QUIVER, AS THOUGH OF PAIN"
THE AVENGER
BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
Author of
"The Master Mummer," "A Maker of History,"
"The Malefactor," "The Lost Leader,"
"The Great Secret," Etc.
Illustrated by
ALEC BALL
1908
CONTENTS
| [I.] | A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR |
| [II.] | THE HORROR OF THE HANSOM |
| [III.] | DISCUSSING THE CRIME |
| [IV.] | UNDER A CLOUD |
| [V.] | ON THE TELEPHONE |
| [VI.] | ONE THOUSAND POUNDS' REWARD |
| [VII.] | THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER |
| [VIII.] | THE BARONESS INTERVENES |
| [IX.] | A BOX AT THE ALHAMBRA |
| [X.] | OUTCAST |
| [XI.] | FALSE SENTIMENT |
| [XII.] | TIDINGS FROM THE CAPE |
| [XIII.] | SEARCHING THE CHAMBERS |
| [XIV.] | THE DEAD MAN'S BROTHER |
| [XV.] | THE LAWYER'S SUGGESTION |
| [XVI.] | A DINNER IN THE STRAND |
| [XVII.] | A CONFESSION OF LOVE |
| [XVIII.] | AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE |
| [XIX.] | DESPERATE WOOING |
| [XX.] | STABBED THROUGH THE HEART |
| [XXI.] | THE FLIGHT OF LOUISE |
| [XXII.] | THE CHÂTEAU OF ÉTARPE |
| [XXIII.] | A PASSIONATE PILGRIM |
| [XXIV.] | AN INVITATION TO DINNER |
| [XXV.] | THE MAN IN THE YELLOW BOOTS |
| [XXVI.] | MADAME DE MELBAIN |
| [XXVII.] | THE SPY |
| [XXVIII.] | THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE |
| [XXIX.] | A SUBSTANTIAL GHOST |
| [XXX.] | THE QUEEN OF MEXONIA |
| [XXXI.] | RETURNED FROM THE TOMB |
| [XXXII.] | AT THE HÔTEL SPLENDIDE |
| [XXXIII.] | A HAND IN THE GAME |
| [XXXIV.] | AN ILL-ASSORTED COUPLE |
| [XXXV.] | HIS WIFE |
| [XXXVI.] | THE MURDERED MAN'S EFFECTS |
| [XXXVII.] | THE WIDOW'S ULTIMATUM |
| [XXXVIII.] | INEFFECTUAL WOOING |
| [XXXIX.] | THE COLONEL'S MISSION |
| [XL.] | BLACKMAIL |
| [XLI.] | THE COLONEL SPEAKS |
| [XLII.] | LOVE REMAINS |