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Title: The Destroying Angel
Author: Louis Joseph Vance
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THE DESTROYING ANGEL
by
LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "The Bandbox," "Cynthia
of the Minute," Etc.
With Four Illustrations by Arthur I. Keller
A. L. Burt Company
Publishers New York
Copyright, 1912,
By Louis Joseph Vance.
All rights reserved, including those of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian.
Published, October, 1912.
TO
ROBERT HOBART DAVIS
[Illustration: Whitaker's jaw dropped and his eyes widened with wonder
and pity]
CONTENTS
I. DOOM
II. THE LAST STRAW
III. "MRS. MORTEN"
IV. MRS. WHITAKER
V. WILFUL MISSING
VI. CURTAIN
VII. THE LATE EXTRA
VIII. A HISTORY
IX. ENTR'ACTE
X. THE WINDOW
XI. THE SPY
XII. THE MOUSE-TRAP
XIII. OFFSHORE
XIV. DEBACLE
XV. DISCLOSURES
XVI. THE BEACON
XVII. DISCOVERY
XVIII. BLIGHT
XIX. CAPITULATION
XX. TEMPERAMENTAL
XXI. BLACK OUT
ILLUSTRATIONS
Whitaker's jaw dropped and
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