THE SPIDER’S WEB

BY

ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE

Author of “Doctor Jack,” “Doctor Jack’s Wife,” “Captain Tom,” “Baron Sam,” “Miss Pauline of New York,” “Miss Caprice,” “Monsieur Bob,” “The Colonel by Brevet,” “Major Matterson of Kentucky,” “The Nabob of Singapore,” Etc.

NEW YORK
STREET & SMITH, Publishers
81 Fulton Street

Copyrighted 1896 by Street & Smith.
Copyrighted 1898 by Street & Smith.

CONTENTS.

[BOOK I.]
[In the Shadow of the Ferris Wheel.]
CHAPTER PAGE
[I.][WHAT THE MOON SAW IN THE MIDWAY,][1]
[II.][HOW SAMSON CEREAL STOLE A BRIDE IN TURKEY,][13]
[III.][THE STRANGE PLOT OF THE FERRIS WHEEL,][24]
[IV.][BRAVO, CANUCK!][34]
[V.][THE MAN FROM THE BOSPHORUS,][43]
[VI.][THE ODDITIES OF CAIRO STREET,][53]
[VII.][CRAIG BUILDS A THEORY,][66]
[VIII.][A BACHELOR PROTECTORATE,][74]

[BOOK II.]
[The Man from Denver.]
[IX.][NEWS FROM COLORADO,][85]
[X.][THE VENGEANCE THAT SLUMBERED TWENTY YEARS,][96]
[XI.][YOUNG CANADA ON DECK,][106]
[XII.][THE PROTECTORATE ABANDONED,][116]
[XIII.][A BACHELOR’S “DEN,”][127]
[XIV.][THE MAN OF THE WORLD,][138]
[XV.][HEARD AT THE SHERMAN TABLE D’HÔTE,][148]
[XVI.][ENGAGED,][159]

[BOOK III.]
[What Happened at the Grain King’s Palace.]
[XVII.][COLONEL BOB WAITS FOR HIS MESSAGE,][172]
[XVIII.][BY SPECIAL DELIVERY,][181]
[XIX.][THE FALL OF THE MIGHTY OAK,][191]
[XX.][SAMSON CEREAL & SON,][201]
[XXI.][AN ACCOMMODATING SHERIFF,][213]
[XXII.][“HAPPY JACK,”][222]
[XXIII.][WHAT THE OLD CAMEL BLANKET CONCEALED,][232]
[XXIV.][HER ATONEMENT,][243]

[BOOK IV.]
[The Spider’s Web of Cairo Street.]
[XXV.][DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND,][253]
[XXVI.][AGAIN UNDER THE WITCHERY OF CAIRO STREET,][263]
[XXVII.][THE OLD GAME OF THE SPIDER AND THE FLY,][273]
[XXVIII.][DOROTHY,][284]
[XXIX.][THE PASHA CLAPS HIS HANDS,][294]
[XXX.][THE LAST ACT,][304]

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