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Title: The Green God

Author: Frederic Arnold Kummer

Illustrator: R. F. Schabelitz

Release Date: June 29, 2010 [EBook #33019]

Language: English

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THE GREEN GOD

[Illustration: "GENTLEMEN," HE SAID IN A FRIGHTENED SORT OF VOICE, "MISS
TEMPLE CANNOT BE FOUND."]

THE
GREEN
GOD

by

Frederic Arnold Kummer

Illustrations by
R. F. Schabelitz

NEW YORK
W. J. WATT & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY
W. J. WATT & COMPANY

_Published September_

PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I MR. ASHTON 1

II A CRY IN THE MORNING 28

III A QUEER DISCOVERY 48

IV I ADVISE MISS TEMPLE 79

V MAJOR TEMPLE'S STORY 101

VI THE ORIENTAL PERFUME 120

VII IN THE TEMPLE OF BUDDHA 142

VIII INSPECTOR BURNS' CONCLUSIONS 161

IX MISS TEMPLE'S DISAPPEARANCE 182

X MISS TEMPLE'S TESTIMONY 198

XI THE VENGEANCE OF BUDDHA 228

XII I ASK MISS TEMPLE A QUESTION 247

XIII A NIGHT OF HORROR 267

XIV THE SECRET OF THE GREEN ROOM 286

THE GREEN GOD

CHAPTER I

MR. ASHTON

The dull October afternoon was rapidly drawing to a close as I passed
through the village of Pinhoe, and set my steps rather wearily toward
Exeter. I had conceived the idea, some time before, of walking from
London to Torquay, partly because I felt the need of the exercise and
fresh air, and partly because I wanted to do some sketching in the
southwest counties. Perhaps had I realized, when I started out, what
manner of adventure would befall me in the neighborhood of the town of
Exeter, I should have given that pla