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Title: The Sign of the Spider

Author: Bertram Mitford

Release Date: December 10, 2008 [EBook #27476]

Language: English

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THE SIGN OF THE SPIDER

BY

BERTRAM MITFORD

AUTHOR OF "A VELDT OFFICIAL," "'TWIXT SNOW AND FIRE"

DODD MEAD AND COMPANY 1897

COPYRIGHT, 1896,

BY

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY.

[Illustration: "DON'T FIRE THIS WAY ... KEEP THE FOOLS IN HAND."]

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. "SWEET HOME," 1

II. ADAM'S FIRST WIFE, 11

III. "BEWARE SUCH UNHOLY SPELLS," 26

IV. THE LAND OF PROMISE, 41

V. KING SCRIP, 54

VI. "PIRATE" HAZON, 67

VII. "THE WHOLE SOUL PRISONER ..." 82

VIII. DARK DAYS, 94

IX. HIS GUARDIAN ANGEL, 106

X. PREPARATION, 120

XI. "AT THE TWELFTH HOUR," 130

XII. "THE DARK PLACES OF THE EARTH," 145

XIII. THE MAN HUNTER, 155

XIV. A DREAM, 163

XV. AN AWAKENING, 174

XVI. AN ANGEL UNAWARES, 184

XVII. DISSENSIONS, 195

XVIII. TWO PERILS, 205

XIX. THE SIGN, 215

XX. TO WHAT END!