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    CONTENTS

  • R. H. D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gouverneur Morris
  • THE RED CROSS GIRL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
  • THE GRAND CROSS OF THE CRESCENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
  • THE INVASION OF ENGLAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
  • BLOOD WILL TELL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
  • THE SAILORMAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
  • THE MIND READER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
  • THE NAKED MAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
  • THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
  • THE CARD-SHARP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277


    ILLUSTRATIONS

  • SHE CLUTCHED THE SAILORMAN IN BOTH HER HANDS AND KISSED THE BESEECHING, WORSHIPPING SMILE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frontispiece
  • THE DAY HE CHOSE TO TELL HER WAS THE FIRST DAY THEY WERE AT SEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
  • HE WAS. . . "A FRIEND OF A FRIEND OF A FRIEND'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
  • FORD FOUND HIMSELF LOOKING INTO A REVOLVER OF THE LARGEST CALIBRE ISSUED BY A CIVILIZED PEOPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
  • IN FRONT OF DAVID'S NOSE HE SHOOK A FIST AS LARGE AS A CATCHER'S GLOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144