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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