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Title: The Golden Face
A Great 'Crook' Romance

Author: William Le Queux

Release Date: January 5, 2009 [EBook #27705]

Language: English

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THE GOLDEN FACE

_A GREAT "CROOK" ROMANCE_

BY

WILLIAM LE QUEUX

AUTHOR OF "MADEMOISELLE OF MONTE CARLO,"
"THE STRETTON STREET AFFAIR"

NEW YORK

THE MACAULAY COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY

THE MACAULAY COMPANY

_Printed in the United States of America_

[Illustration: I slipped the pendant into Lady Lydbrook's soft hand
as she stood in _deshabille_ at the half-opened door of her bedroom.]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I PRIVATE AND PERSONAL 1

II ROOM NUMBER 88 16

III THE MAN WITH THE HUMP 30

IV THE FOUR FALSE FINGERS 43

V CONCERNS MR. BLUMENFELD 59

VI AT THREE-EIGHTEEN A.M. 73

VII LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK 87

VIII THE CAT'S TOOTH 99

IX LOLA IS AGAIN SUSPICIOUS 113

X THE PAINTED ENVELOPE 127

XI THE GENTLEMAN FROM ROME 140

XII THE SILVER SPIDER 151

XIII ABDUL HAMID'S JEWELS 170

XIV THE VENGEANCE OF TAI-K'AN 186

XV OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY 201

XVI THE MAN WHO WAS SHY 215

XVII THE SIGN OF NINETY-NINE 232

THE GOLDEN FACE

CHAPTER I

PRIVATE AND PERSONAL

In order to ease my conscience and, further, to disclose certain
facts which for the past year or two have, I know, greatly puzzled
readers of our daily